Supports for people who have had trauma
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People with intellectual disability can experience things that can cause them trauma.
Trauma is when something has happened to you that made you very frightened or very upset.
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For more information about trauma go to https://www.idmhconnect.health/
people-who-have-had-trauma/ER
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Below are services and supports for people who have experienced trauma.
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There is a lot of information.
Some words can be hard to understand.
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You can ask someone to read this information with you.
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Call the Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline if you want to tell someone about
- Abuse
- Bullying
- Neglect
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You can call the Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline on 1800 880 052.
It is free to call them.
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Abuse is when someone says or does something to hurt you or make you feel bad.
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Bullying is when someone or a group of people are mean to you on purpose.
This could be more than one time.
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Neglect is when someone who is supposed to be supporting you does not give you the care you need.
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Contact the National Counselling and Referral Service if you need support after you have experienced
- Abuse
- Bullying
- Neglect
You can call the service on 1800 421 468.
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Speak Up and be Safe from Abuse has Easy Read information.
This information can support you to communicate to someone that you
- Have experienced
- Or are still experiencing abuse
For more information go to
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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disabilities was a group of people who
- Listened to the stories of people with disability
- Told the government how to make things better
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They wrote about what they found in their final report.
For more information go to
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
publications/final-report
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There are some tricky words on this Easy Read page.
For more information about these words go to