Intellectual Disability Rights Service
The Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) is a specialist legal advocacy service for people with intellectual disability in New South Wales. We work with and for people with intellectual disability to exercise and advance their rights.
Conference - From Outlaws towards Inclusion
A conference on 10 years of challenges and progress in rights and human services for people with intellectual disability in contact with the criminal justice system
February 17, 2012 @ UNSW
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Note - If paying by credit card, you will receive an email with payment instructions (starting first week of January 2012,) after we receive your registration.
We provide:
Legal advice
- Free of charge and can be over the phone or face to face
- Legal advice is given to benefit people with intellectual disability
- Appointments can be made by calling IDRS
Support at court
- For people with intellectual disability going to court for criminal matters
- Available for legal appointments and other court processes
- A state-wide service in NSW for victims, witnesses and defendants
Support at police stations
- 24/7 state-wide service in NSW for people with intellectual disability
- Includes telephone legal advice at the police station
- Available to victims, witnesses and people accused of committing a crime
Help for parents with intellectual disability
- For care and protection matters
- Legal advice, information and referral service
- We also provide consultation and education for service providers
Education and training
- For people with intellectual disability, parents, advocates and service providers
- For lawyers, police officers and court officials
- NEW!!The Step by Step Guide to making Section 32 (MHFPA) Applications
- Some training programs can be customised to address the needs of service providers
Consultation for lawyers
- To help clients with intellectual disability
- To discuss legal avenues open to people with intellectual disability
- Provide information about providing services to a person with intellectual disability
Publications and resources
- For solicitors, service providers, carers and people with intellectual disability
- Most are free of charge, some can be be downloaded
- Please call IDRS to get these by post
We also work towards policy and law reform.
Accessibility Tools
Do you have a legal problem?
Call 02 9318 0144
Do you need to go to court?
Call 02 9318 0144 for support
Do you need support at a police station?
Call 1300 665 908 (24/7)
The Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) can be found at:
Postal Address:
PO Box 3347
Redfern, NSW 2016
| Phone | 02 9318 0144 |
|---|---|
| Fax | 02 9318 2887 |
| FREECALL | 1800 666 611 |
| info[at]idrs[dot]org[dot]au | |
| CJSN Details | |
| Phone | 1300 665 908 |
| cjsn[at]idrs[dot]org[dot]au | |