by QAI | Aug 22, 2024 | Campaigns, Media Release, News, Paper, QAI in the Media, Report
Position statement Queensland’s Forensic Disability Service (FDS) is meant to provide skills training and other programs to people under forensic orders so that they can live back in the community. However, some residents are held indefinitely and are kept in cruel...
by QAI | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Paper
While we do not practice law in the area of child protection, through the course of our disability advocacy work in child protection matters, we noticed that the guidance relied on for decision making in child protection matters is discriminatory and is likely...
by QAI | Sep 25, 2023 | Media Release, News, Paper, Report, Research
A new research paper, co-authored by researchers from the QUT Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) Professor Linda Graham and Dr Callula Killinlgy, and Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion (QAI), has found more evidence of Queensland students from priority equity groups...
by QAI | Jan 6, 2023 | Media Release, News, Paper
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is a unique opportunity to strengthen oversight for all sites of detention in Queensland, particularly disability-specific and...
by QAI | Dec 7, 2021 | Paper
Over the years, QAI has developed significant concern regarding the extent to which some students, particularly students with disability, receive School Disciplinary Absences (SDAs). SDAs include suspension, exclusion and the cancellation of enrolment following...
by Shannon Bell | Oct 26, 2021 | Paper
QAI’s Position Statement on Inclusion. You can view the statement at the links below: PDF POSITION STATEMENT WORD POSITION...
