Trigger warning, this episode discusses sexual and physical abuse of people with disabilities and listen discretion is advised.


In this episode of Have the Nerve Susan speaks to Jake Briggs, long time disability advocate, Managing Director of CultureConnex and host of the podcast Keep Rolling with Jake Briggs. 


They talk about his career as an advocate, his work in service provision, his work supporting First Nations People during the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, The Voice Referendum and the ripple affect that misinformation and lack of education has had for people with disabilities living in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas across Australia.

Information in this episode:

CultureConnex: https://cultureconnex.com.au/

Keep Rolling with Jake Briggs: (  / streetrollingcheetah  ) https://linktr.ee/street_rolling_cheetah

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: https://disability.royalcommission.go...

First Peoples Disability Network: https://fpdn.org.au/

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS): https://www.ndis.gov.au/

The biggest takeaways from the Disability Royal Commission after four years of hearings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023051...

If you, or anyone you know, needs to speak to someone:

Lifeline (http://www.lifeline.org.au/)   13 11 14

13 YARN (https://www.13yarn.org.au/) 13 92 76


Kids Helpline (http://www.kidshelp.com.au/) 1800 551 800


MensLine Australia (http://www.mensline.org.au/Home.html) 1300 789 978


Suicide Call Back Service (http://www.suicidecallbackservice.org...)   1300 659 467


Beyond Blue (https://www.beyondblue.org.au/) 1300 22 46 36


Headspace (https://www.headspace.org.au/) 1800 650 890


QLife (https://qlife.org.au/) 1800 184 527


Credits
This episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood (  / swoodmakesart  ) . Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore (  / cobieannmoore  ) .


Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a forpurpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://bit.ly/ResourceHubSCIA (https://scia.org.au/resourcehub/) .