Voices of Us

HOW OFTEN have you told your story, even to sympathetic ears, but felt it had no real impact?

Disability Voices Tasmania is reaching out to Tasmanians with disability to join in building a collective voice. If you ever have been denied access, felt your views and hopes have not been respected, been excluded from education or employment opportunities or found it hard to exercise your rights, please speak with us.

Disability Voices Tasmania has been created and is managed by people with disabilities. We exist because there continues to be many systemic barriers to access and inclusion that are common to us all.

By identifying these common barriers, and harnessing the power of one common voice, we can inspire and effect meaningful change.

Last year, the pilot project Disability Voices Tasmania conducted workshops ‘Using your story to influence decision makers’ and ‘Developing your pitch.’ What was most interesting was the commonality of issues and experiences raised, regardless of specific disability.

People with disability are no less animated, excited, thoughtful, strategic or determined to work together than any other community group. But like any group of people, our power to effect change lies in a united, collective voice that will add value to the whole community.

Disability Voices Tasmania will be holding free workshops in the near future via Zoom.

If you have a story to tell, please join us in these workshops and connect with others who have similar stories.

Please register interest by contacting Disability Voices Tasmania’s Project Coordinator, on 0428 612 299 or projects@disabilityvoicestas.org.au.

Disability Voices Tasmania is funded by the National Disability Insurance Agency