‘What matters is hope, freedom and saying who you are.’ What LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disabilities want everyone to know

<https://theconversation.com/what-matters-is-hope-freedom-and-saying-who-you-are-what-lgbtq-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-want-everyone-to-know-184555>

"They are a group often overlooked, described as “invisible”, or perhaps
assumed not to exist at all.

There is no reliable data that captures the number of LGBTQ+ Australians with
intellectual disability. But in 2020, Australia’s largest national survey on
the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people found more than one-third (38.5%) of
the 6,835 respondents had a disability or long-term health condition.

People with intellectual disability face additional barriers to access and
participation in community, which means their voices are often missing from
LGBTQ+ events, in government consultations, and in disability spaces.

We partnered with Inclusion Melbourne and Rainbow Rights & Advocacy, an
advocacy group of LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disability to hear about what
mattered to them, and what they wanted other people to know."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics