FINALIST 2025
DDWA's 2025 Smiley Charity Films Awards video entry focuses on a resource that can help support people with communication disability.
"Help with Decision Making Story Cards" resource was developed by DDWA in collaboration with Legal Aid Western Australia (WA) to support the participation of people with intellectual disability in conversations about decisions they need to make and decisions that need to be made that affect them.
The cards can be used in many ways, and the video explains and models how you can experiment with them and find the way that works best for you and the people you are supporting.
(The cards are not a substitute for using an interpreter when one is needed.)
If you have any questions about these story cards, including ways they can be used, please email [email protected].
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DDWA is a not-for-profit organisation which for over 30 years has been working with people with intellectual disability, their families and carers, and people who support them. Registered Charity Number: A0822136F (Western Australia). You can donate to DDWA here: ddwa.org.au/donate-to-ddwa.
DDWA commits to empowering people with developmental and intellectual disability and neurodiversity and advocates for their rights. The organisation provides support for people with disability, their families, carers, and supporters, while advocating for their rights through systemic advocacy with organisations, government bodies, and disability professionals.
This year's Smiley Charity Film Awards entry is a part of DDWA's focus on communication rights.
DDWA works to improve information, resources and advice for people with developmental disability who have communication disability (complex communication support needs), and for their families and supporters.
People with communication disability can be helped through a range of different print and symbol based materials, and on our website you will find a range of different resources in different formats, especially on Communication Focus Area and Communication Disability, Access and Inclusion web pages.
DDWA puts a focus on person-centred communication, communication partners and in organisational Disability Access and Inclusion Plans (DAIPs). A good DAIP will make sure that all people with disability have the same rights as people without disability to access services from Local and State Governments.
Why is this important? Because communication is a fundamental human right.
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