Rights to Reality sign up form (20 Feb- in person)

Saturday 22 February from 11am - 3pm

Kathleen Syme Library- 251 Faraday St, Carlton

Rights to Reality Project

This is a form to sign up for a Rights to Reality information session.

The 'Rights to Reality' project is helping disabled young people understand their rights. It is doing this with information sessions designed for and by disabled young people. The information sessions are happening in Melbourne and online.

Information session

This information session is 4 hours long.

It has breaks and activities you can take part in.

It is free. You do not have to pay to attend.

It will happen at the Kathleen Syme Library in the City of Melbourne. You will need to come to the venue to do the information session.

After you sign up, we will follow up with more information.

If you sign up and attend, you will get to:

Learn about what your human rights are, why they are important, and what laws help to protect them
Find out if your rights are being respected and if the law is being followed
Practice getting ready to advocate or speak up for yourself
Discuss what successful advocacy looks like with other disabled young people
… and much more!

This information session is for disabled young people aged 19 to 25 years old living in Victoria and identify as:

Being disabled, having a disability, health condition, or chronic illness
Neurodivergent or autistic 
Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing 
Blind or vision impaired 
Having lived experience of mental illness or mental health issues.

The form closes at 5pm on Friday 14 February 2025. You must sign up by then.

Thank you for signing up for this information session.

What is your name? *

How old are you? *

This information session is strictly for people who are 19 years old or over. If you are 18 or under, you can sign up to one of our other information sessions for your age group.

I understand *

Your pronouns (if you want to share)

You email address *

You mobile phone number

Do you live, work or study in the City of Melbourne?

YesNoUnsure

You can still do this information session even if you don't live, work or study in the City of Melbourne.

Why do you want to be in this information session? *

What are you most interested to learn about? (You can choose more than one answer) *

I want to learn about my rightsI want to know what laws are there to protect me and my rightsI want to learn about where to go or who to ask for help about my rightsI want to learn how to advocate for myselfOthers

If you choose 'other', what would that be?

Please share what other access needs you have

Please provide details of any dietary requirementsFood and drinks will be provided during the break