Short Description
An advocacy service for people of a non English speaking background who have a disability or care for a person who has a disability. Provides advocacy to improve access to services and inform service users of their rights and support available.
More Details
. Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services
MDAA provides:
. Individual and systemic advocacy with/on behalf of people from a NESB with a disability and their families and carers.
. Information on issues relating to disability and ethnicity
. Training and education to people from a NESB with a disability and their families and carers.
MDAA works:
. for all people from a NESB with a disability and their families and carers living in NSW
. with government and non-government organisations providing information and advice on issues relating to people from a NESB with a disability and their families and carers.