“A platform not a program”:
An evaluation of the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association’s
Community Voices program
The Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association and The University of Notre Dame Australia celebrated the International Day of People with Disability by launching a report, videos and promoting two books with stories written by people with disability.
On Friday 8 December 2023, Dr Louise St Guillaume from the University of Notre Dame Australia, together with the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association NSW (MDAA) held a special event to celebrate the International Day of People with Disability. The event included the launch of video resources, the promotion of two books and the launch of a report that presented an evaluation of MDAA’s Community Voices program.
The report was launched by the Honourable Kate Washington MP, NSW Minister for Disability Inclusion and Minister for Families and Communities, who described the report and the Community Voices program as ‘important.’
MDAA’s Community Voices program enhances the public speaking skills of people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds and their families and carers, training them to speak to organisations, government, and the broader community about their experiences to challenge and change attitudinal barriers.