Some of Our Parts

The Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) is in the testing stage of their new rights and laws website – the Disability Rights Hub.

Now they want to know what you think of it.

Before the site goes live, they will be holding one-on-one testing sessions on MONDAY 14TH MARCH (not very long away), so that you can have a tinker with their prototype and help them ensure that all the bits and bobs of the site are all working.

Participants are welcome to bring their own laptop or iPad, or use one provided by the YDAS.

For those interested, please contact ydasadvocate@yacvic.org.au or call them on 9267 3733.

A new initiative run by Hunter TAFE’s NSW Consumer Support and Training Project with disability consultants, E-QUAL is calling out for applications to ‘Leaders for Tomorrow’. The 12 month program is designed to for young people with disabilities to enhance their leadership potentials through a range of training, coaching, mentoring, other leadership development opportunities and a two day workshop retreat.

Applicants are invited from all areas of skill levels and leadership interests.

And best of all – it’s free! The program is funded by the Australian Government Department of  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and covers Travel and accommodation for the retreat, workshop, most course costs, conference costs (domestic), carer or other support cost, interpreters and child care.

At the completion of the year long program, graduates will then be able to pass on their own pearls of wisdom to the following intake, working as mentors.

Click here for more information and application forms.

Stepping into… is a paid internship program specifically designed for students with disability, who want to get paid, hands-on work experience in an industry that is relevant to their degree and chosen field of study.

This winter, ANZ Bank are working with the Australian Network on Disability (AND), offering paid internships across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth through their ANZ Institutional Internships – Abilities Program

ANZ are looking for talented Commerce, Banking, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Science or Law students.
A double or master’s degree is desirable, but not essential.

APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW and CLOSE on Thursday, March 28, by 5pm

To find out more about the opportunities at ANZ , how to apply as well as information on other internship opportunities, visit AND’s website.

Are you a Monash student with a disability, medical or mental health condition that may impact on your studies?

You are welcome to drop in to the Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) during Orientation Week for a private discussion about the range of services available.

Clayton
25 February – 1 March 2013
9 am – 4pm
Building 55, Level 1

Berwick
28 February 2013
10 am – 3 pm
Building 930, Room G07

Gippsland
25 February – 27 February &
1 March 2013
9 am – 4pm
Building 3N, Room 102

Students based at other campuses are welcome to visit one of the above locations or alternatively contact the DLU to make an appointment or have a discussion with a Disability Liasion Officer.

Phone: 03 9905 5704
Email:  dlu@monash.edu
Website: monash.edu/equity-diversity/disability

The Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) is part of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria and works with and alongside young people who have disabilities. As part of their advocacy work, they aim to make voices heard, as well as shift the way in which disability is viewed and understood in our culture. YDAS provides both individual and systemic advocacy, and has in the past held many events and workshops that address various issues faced young people with a disability.

One of their most recent projects has been to educate young people with disabilities on the support services available if they are thinking about moving out of home.

While we at the DLU will endeavour to keep you informed of future events such as these through the Some of Our Parts blog, we would like to invite all DLU students to browse through the YDAS site, and check out what events are happening throughout the year.

For the meantime, as the start of semester dawns upon us, classes clash and unclash, and sleep-ins become all that more precious, future Monash DLU students should watch ‘Tips for Tertiary’ – a 30 minute video by YDAS (includes closed captions), in which university and TAFE students share their individual experiences in tertiary education. The film covers the advice that current students with a disability would have loved to have had when they began their tertiary journey, as well as insights from professionals in the field of inclusive education and disability.

The Disability Liaison Unit (DLU)  Student Survey 2012 is now open! Your responses help inform service delivery and quality assurance processes within  the DLU.

Click here to complete the survey

Thank you to all students who completed the 2011 survey. Feedback is currently being collated and a response will be released by the end of 2012. Feedback relating to other areas of the University has been forwarded appropriately for consideration.

Applications for accommodation with Monash Residential Services in 2013 are now open.

Accessible rooms are available in Deakin Hall, South East Flats, Briggs Hall and Jackomos Halls. Each residence has a Residential Support Team living on site to provide care and support to all residents and assistance is available on arrival to help with orientation of the room and the communal facilities.

A variety of accessible options are available:

• Single room with shared facilities
• Apartment style – a single bedroom within an apartment sharing the kitchen, dining and bathroom with other residents in the apartment
• Self-contained studio with ensuite bathroom, kitchenette and laundry all within the apartment

For more information and to discuss your options please contact admissions.mrs@monash.edu

The PEERS program is an initiative that complements services provided by the DLU. The program matches students registered with the DLU with suitable student volunteers for regular meetings throughout semester.

PEERS volunteers can provide a wide range of assistance including accompanying students to social events, mobility and navigation around the campus and help seeking support from various Monash services. Volunteers are trained and supported by the Disability Liaison Unit.

If you are registered with the DLU and would be like to register your interest in being matched with a student volunteer please complete the expression of interest.

If you are interested in volunteering please complete the application form.We encourage students registered with the DLU to apply as volunteers to support other students.

La Trobe University is sponsoring a research projected titled Successful Transition to Post-Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who started the first year of a course at TAFE, College or University in Semester 1, 2012 and their parents/guardians are sought as participants.

Participation will involve a series of short, anonymous questionnaires online about the student’s background and their own, or their child’s, experience at TAFE, College or University. This will take about 20 minutes and links with be provided via email once you have registered your interest.

If you would like to participate, please contact Robin Giles by email  rbgiles@students.latrobe.edu.au, phone 0419 177 098, or see the attached flyer.

NOTE: participants in this project have the opportunity to enter a draw to win 1 of 2 $100.00 JB Hi-Fi vouchers (1 student, 1 parent voucher). This project has been granted approval Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Human Ethics Committee, and complies with the National Health and Medical Research Council’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans and with University guidelines on Ethics Approval for Research with Human Subjects.