Expression of Interest:
State Disability Plan and the Victorian Autism Plan 2027 – 2031
Listening Group
If you are Autistic, similarly Neurodivergent and /or a person with a disability aged 18 or older, we invite you to register to join the above Listening Group: please click Register to add your name to the list.
The listening group will be on Tuesday 30 June, 6.30pm to 9.30pm, online via Zoom.
About this activity
The Victorian Government is developing the next State Disability Plan and the Victorian Autism Plan. They want to hear your feedback on what should be in both these plans. Your feedback will help shape both plans to meet the needs, rights and goals of Autistic people and people with disability.
To help with this AV will be running a Listening Group. The Listening Group will be an online discussion session for Autistic, similarly Neurodivergent and/or people with disability over the age of 18, and their families, carers, friends, advocates and allies, to share their experiences, perspectives and feedback around key issues and questions related to the two plans. The session will be facilitated by peers with lived experience in the Autism community and designed to support safe, accessible and meaningful participation.
The Listening Group will be recorded and the de-identified transcript will be shared with the Department of Family Fairness and Housing.
Information sheets
You can find out more information about State Disability Plan and the Victorian Autism Plan in these documents. We also recommend reading them before the listening group to give you an idea of what will be seeking feedback on.
How will this work?
- If you are interested in sharing your views, please add your name to the expression of interest by clicking the Register button above.
- We will ask you how you wish to share your experience: via The Listening Group or via a survey.
How can I be involved?
You will have the opportunity to tell us how you would like to share your views be involved as part of the registration form.
- Apply to join our Listening Group to share your views. Invitations will be subject to the below eligibility criteria and spaces will be strictly limited.
- Request to share your views via a survey. The survey will be sent out via email.
Eligibility criteria
To join the Listening Group you must be aged 18 or older and one of the following:
Notes
- Individuals aged under 18 years are not eligible to join the listening group.
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Completing this expression of interest form indicates that you are interested in joining, but it does not guarantee a space in the Listening Group. We expect that we will receive a strong response from our community, and spaces in the group will be strictly limited.
If you are interested in sharing your views, please click Register to go to the registration form.
What happens next?
- This expression of interest will close on Monday 29 June.
- Listening sessions will take place online on Tuesday 30 June 6:30pm. It will run for no longer than 3 hours and will have breaks.
- The AV admin team will contact eligible listening session registrants to invite you to register. Spaces will be allocated in registration order, and there will be a waiting list.
- We will share further information with registrants when the group is finalised.
- Registrants who participated in the Listening Group will receive a $15.00 thank you gift voucher.
For more information
If you have further questions or feedback about this activity, please contact our AV admin team.
- Call 0480 385 710, or email us.
- The AV phone is switched on from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday.
- Please note that our email inbox is not monitored outside business hours.
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