Family Advocacy Model Research

Abstract

Family Advocacy is a community based, state-wide disability advocacy agency, funded by state and federal funding programs to promote the rights and interests of people with developmental disability across NSW. The work undertaken by Family Advocacy NSW falls into three main areas: • Statewide advocacy-advice and advocacy information for individuals and families • Leadership development for family members. • Systemic Advocacy The main objective of Family Advocacy is to support families to advocate with or at times on behalf of the person with disability, with the goal to support people with disability to realise their goals, hold valued roles and lead lives embedded in the community to experience the same things that most Australians take for granted: an education alongside their same aged peer, a job and a home of their own.