Some of Our Parts

CALLING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 12 AND 25 WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES…

DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RADIO? HAVE YOU GOT THINGS TO SAY?

WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE? –

• Employment?
• The National Disability Insurance Scheme?
• Disability and sexuality?
• Getting a good education?
• Finding somewhere to live?
• Disability and cultural identity?
• Discrimination and rights?
• Being newly arrived to Australia with a disability?

……BE INVOLVED IN A NEW DISABILITY ADVOCACY RADIO SHOW ON SYN FM!

YDAS has teamed up with youth radio station Syn Media (http://syn.org.au/) to run a new disability advocacy focused radio show in the second half of this year.

There will be broadcasting training for participants and then a chance for the new team of broadcasters to be on air in a brand new show from July to December 2013

For more information please see the attached flyer and word doc.

If you have any questions, please contact Bec from YDAS on 9267 3712 or email ydasprojects@yacvic.org.au.

To be involved, please RSVP by June 28^th 2013.

*Have an issue that you know you and other young people are passionate about, but that doesn’t have a ‘disability focus?’ Contact us, we would love to talk about how you might be involved.*

If someone chose to confide in you about their suicidal thoughts, could you help?

Would you feel prepared to have a conversation?

Do have knowledge of the services available?

No? You’re not the only one- safeTALK training is for you!

SafeTALK is an internationally recognised program to increase suicide alertness, and help you become active in preventing suicide.

Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help, either directly or indirectly. This program helps you identify and work with these opportunities. SafeTALK stresses safety while challenging beliefs that inhibit open talk about suicide.

The training runs for 3.5 hours and you will learn how to:

• notice and respond to situations where thoughts of suicide may be present
• provide practical help by using the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep safe)
• act quickly to connect the person with someone trained in suicide intervention
• contribute to building a safer community.

Date: Thursday 19 September

Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm

Campus: Clayton

BOOK HERE

Over 300 staff and students have attended this session since the beginning of last year, and the feedback is glowing!

“Very good introduction to raising awareness to engage in assisting someone who may have thought of suicide”

“Openness of information was good I think having different scenarios was good to show different contexts in dealing with suicidal thoughts including cultural diversity”

“It is okay to ask the question – even to a complete stranger”

More mental health programs for consideration;

Mental Health First Aid Training,

Mindfulness for Academic Success

SMART – Motivation, stress and time management

Mood Surfing

On May 9, we invite you to participate in Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of the day is to get people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different disabilities.

While the target audience of GAAD is primarily the design, development, usability and related communities, the event is open to anybody who may be interested in the topic of making technology accessible and usable by persons with disabilities.

We’ve got presentations from:

Dey Alexander – Making Accessibility Accessible
Kim Chatterjee
Adam Kendall & Chris McLay – Good design is accessible
iOS Accessibility Demo – Vision Australia

We’ve secured RMIT’s building 80 (The Swanston Academic Building) located at 445 Swanston Street as a venue, which not only looks cool but should also be sufficiently accessible.

Venue details:

The Cinema
Swanston Academic Building
Bld 80, level 1, room 2
Swanston Street

RMIT City campus map: http://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/city
Swanston Academic Building info: http://www.rmit.edu.au/bus/sab

Please confirm your attendance by RSVP’ing Yes via this page