COVID-19 vaccination consent and hesitancy – webinar for disability service providers

Presenters

• Kellie Maloney, National COVID Operations Coordinator, National Disability Insurance Agency
• Justine O’Neill, CEO, Council for Intellectual Disability
• Sarah Forbes, Advocacy Manager & Vaccine Ambassador, Valid
• Professor Nick Lennox, Senior Medical Adviser - Intellectual Disability Health, Australian Government Department of Health
• Melissa Clements, Acting Registrar, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
• Catherine Sharples, Group Manager Quality and Safeguarding, Scope Australia
• Heather McMinn, Disability Sector Consultant, National Disability Services

Accessibility

• Auslan interpretation is included in this webinar. Please note due to an issue with the recording, this translation is only included from 3 minutes and 14 seconds into the video.
• Captions are available for this webinar.
• A transcript of this webinar is also available.

Resources and information

Helpful resources for providers

• COVID-19 vaccination social scripts - Amaze - Social Script
• COVID-19 Safer and Stronger: Disability Vaccine Champions
• COVID-19 Vaccine - National Disability Services
• COVID-19 Hub - National Disability Services
• YLab Global – Social stories - COVID-19 Vaccination
• Vaccine and Coronavirus myth-busting
• COVID-19 Vaccination – Easy Read Resources
• Supported Decision Making is a Human Right
• Supported Decision Making training – NDS and NSW Public Guardian
• La Trobe Support for Decision Making Practice Framework Learning Resource
• Supported Decision Making – Western Australia’s Individualised Services
• Supporting Decisions – ADACAS Advocacy
• National standards on guardianship
• NDIS Code of Conduct (NDIS Providers)