New National Disability and Abuse Hotline Website Is Now Live

It would be nice not to have to even consider that abuse might happen to people with disabilities, but the reality is that it does.

A new National Disability and Abuse Hotline website has been developed and recently launched by People With Disability Australia Inc. The new website aims to be an effective tool to empower people with disability, their families and carers to eliminate abuse and neglect of vulnerable people in the community and in specialist disability services. It is designed to comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to AA Standard.

As well as providing information about the Hotline services, definitions of abuse and neglect, how to make a report, and links to other useful websites, the website has a variety of current Hotline publications for download.