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999			_c5573 _d5573
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008			170831s2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a978-1-925372-57-1 (online)
022			_a2205-8923 (online)
040			_aAFVC
100			_aDyson, Sue _91090
245			_a"Whatever it takes": Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services : _bfinal report _cSue Dyson, Patsie Frawley and Sally Robinson
260			_aSydney, NSW :: _bANROWS, _c2017
300			_aelectronic document (56 pages); PDF file
500			_aANROWS Horizons, Issue 5, August 2017
520			_aThis report aims to help tertiary response services to respond effectively to the needs of women with disabilities. It draws on the experiences of women with disabilities who have experienced violence and abuse and have used tertiary response services. Women with disabilities who have experienced violence seek help and support from tertiary services for similar reasons that other women do, including family and intimate partner abuse, sexual harassment and assault, coercive control, and stalking. However, women with disabilities also experience abuse related to their disability, including institutional violence and denial of provision of essential care The research situates the perspectives of women with disabilities within case study sites and expands on the promising practice within these services through action research with local groups formed from the sites. It has informed the development of recommendations and guidelines for improved access and effective practice. The key findings of the research include: Accessibility requires more than physically modified accommodation or providing interpreters for people with sensory impairments. Women with disabilities who participated in the research provided insights drawn from their experiences that suggest a need to extend the definition of “access” to include appropriateness, approachability, and acceptability as core components. By addressing broader issues of access in addition to disability-specific needs (such as the way information is provided to meet broad information access needs), the interface between what services offer and what women with disabilities need can be better aligned. Tertiary response services are not experts in disability and meeting some women’s specific access needs can be challenging. A “clash of cultures” between tertiary response services and other services that support women with disabilities was identified that hampered collaboration. At times, agencies providing services to women with disabilities who have experienced violence tended to act in ways that sought to “protect them” from being traumatised further, which led to less rather than more access to supports and services. Rather than simply referring women with disabilities to disability services for support, a process for DFV services to collaborate and engage with disability services (rather than handing over to them) was developed. (From the website). See also the State of knowlege, Lanscapes report, 2015 (#4770) and the Key findings, Compass report, 2017 (#5574). Record #5573
650			_9196 _aDISABLED PEOPLE
650			_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
650			_aDISABILITY _9195
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aINTERAGENCY COLLABORATION _9396
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650		4	_aSUPPORT SERVICES _9591
650		0	_aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN _93088
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aFrawley, Patsie _95083
700			_aRobinson, Sally _95084
773	0	3	_tANROWS Horizons, Issue 5, August 2017
830			_aANROWS Horizons _96302
856			_uhttps://www.anrows.org.au/publication/whatever-it-takes-access-for-women-with-disabilities-to-domestic-and-family-violence-services-final-report/
942			_2ddc _cREPORT