Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) and Safe and Equal have partnered to produce a suite of eLearn Modules to enhance practice capability of practitioners supporting victim survivors with disabilities. In late March 2025, a webinar was centred around the launch of the first module: ‘Unlearning Ableism: from Bias to Best Practice’.
The ‘Unlearning Ableism: from Bias to Best Practice’ eLearn aims to build practitioner’s understanding of the concepts of unconscious bias and ableism, and how ableist attitudes impact people with disabilities, specifically victim survivors of family violence.
The launch event, which you can watch back in the download section, introduced practitioners to this first foundational eLearn, providing context and promotion of the ongoing project and an opportunity to hear from the family violence and disability experts who contributed to the eLearn. We aim to strengthen practitioner’s capacity to recognise and challenge bias and ableism and promote a safe, inclusive and equitable service system response to victim survivors with disabilities.
The launch of the eLearn resource included presentations from the Family Violence and Disability Practice Leaders on the work that they are doing to promote disability inclusive practice. The event concludes with a Q&A discussion and information on how to access eLearn – available online on WDV and Safe and Equal websites.
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Register for the eLearn:
- Register for ‘Unlearning Ableism: from Bias to Best Practice’ eLearn
Revisit the webinar:
- Watch the recording
- View the slide pack
- Read the webinar transcript
Additional resources:
- Find your FVDPLI best contact here.
- Contact the Statewide Disability Inclusion Advisor at brittanymccormack@safeandequal.org.au or disabilityinclusion@safeandequal.org.au.
- View the Intake is More than a Process report here.
- Visit the Eastern RFVP Disability Inclusion and Safety Resource hub here.
- Visit the Disability Inclusion and Safety Forums webpage here.