how we work

WWDACT believes that self-advocacy is a major contributing component to the social, financial, mental and physical, and welfare of women with disabilities in the ACT and envisages a time where every woman, regardless of disability, can confidently and competently participate in all aspects of the ACT society.

WWDACT values the input of women with lived experience of disability. Women with lived experience are able to convey information about their relevant life experiences, and to identify issues that affect other women with disability and barriers for service providers in connecting with these women.

WWDACT provides a mechanism through which issues raised by women with disabilities are communicated to government and other agencies. These links are essential in the development of government policies and practices that are gender and disability sensitive.