Australian case studies required ...

... for a report: "Disadvantages and discrimination faced by parents with a disability within the family law system".

Barbara Carter, former Manager of Guardianship and Advocacy at the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA), is preparing a report for OPA on the disadvantages and discrimination that parents with disability face in the family law system and the changes in legislation and practice needed to bring family law into line with the UN Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Rights of the Child. She is seeking Australian case studies.

Contact Barbara via phone: 03 9878 0046 or 0430 453 101 or email.

Source: NSW Council on Intellectual Disability e-news, November 2013