Resources

The legal factsheets on this page will help you to understand what legal options are available to you.

There is also a suite of resources designed to assist people with intellectual impairments develop the capacity to understand what a will and/or enduring power of attorney is; and instruct a lawyer to prepare a will and/or enduring power of attorney.

Easy Read Documents

Wills – A guide for decision makers
Enduring power of attorney – A guide for decision makers
Wills & enduring power of attorney – A guide for supporters

Wills

A will for someone with an intellectual impairment
Dying without a will
Providing for a person with a disability in your will
Wills – understanding and instructing a lawyer – Easy to Read
Planning for the Future for someone with disability

Testamentary Trusts & Special Disability Trust

Appointing a Trustee
Setting up a Special Disability Trust
Setting up a Testamentary Trust
Special Disability Trusts – Questions and Answers
Special Disability Trusts – Getting things sorted

Banking Accessibility

Banking Code of Practice
Accessibility Principles for Banking Services

Health

My Health Record – Easy English Booklet part 1
My Health Record – Easy English Booklet part 2

Family Law

Adult Child Maintenance

Guardianship, Administration & Powers of Attorney

Appointing a Guardian or Administrator
Enduring Power of Attorney – Understanding & Instructing lawyer – Easy to Read
Enduring Power of Attorney – A guide for decision makers – Easy to Read
Power of Attorney
Queensland Capacity Assessment Guidelines 2020
Statutory Health Attorney Factsheet
Guidelines for Witnessing Enduring Documents
Factsheet – General Principles and Health Care Principles
Enduring Power of Attorney – Explanatory Guide
Informal Management Checklist

Human Rights & Discrimination

Making a disability discrimination complaint
Australian Human Rights Commission, Disability Discrimination Brochure
Queensland Human Rights Commission, Anti-Discrimination, Impairment Discrimination Factsheet
Queensland Human Rights Commission_factsheet_HRA_easyreadguide
Disability Law Queensland, What is Discrimination factsheet 2020
Disability Law Queensland, Discrimination Forum factsheet
Disability Law Queensland, Discrimination Complaints the process factsheet

Inclusive Education

Disability Standards for Education 2005
Education Queensland, Policy on Inclusive Education
Education Queensland, State Schools Improvement Strategy 2020-2024
The Australian Curriculum, Meeting the needs of students with a disability
Education Queensland, Policy on Restrictive practices
Education Queensland, Behaviour-risk-assessment-tool-safety-or-wellbeing
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education