| ABS | Australian
  Bureau of Statistics | 
 
  | Act | Disability
  Services Act 1986 (Cth) | 
 
  | ACT | Australian
  Capital Territory | 
 
  | ADACAS | ACT
  Disability Aged Carer and Advocacy Service | 
 
  | Advocacy
  Framework | National
  Disability Advocacy Framework | 
 
  | Advocacy
  Program | National
  Disability Advocacy Program | 
 
  | AHRC | Australian
  Human Rights Commission | 
 
  | ALHR | Australian
  Lawyers for Human Rights | 
 
  | APS | Australian
  Psychological Society | 
 
  | AVO | Apprehended
  Violence Order | 
 
  | Bill | Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Bill 2015 | 
 
  | CCYPWA | Commissioner for Children
  and Young People Western Australia | 
 
  | CDA | Children with Disability
  Australia | 
 
  | CEO | Chief Executive Officer | 
 
  | Child
  Protection Framework | National Framework for
  Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 | 
 
  | Child
  Protection Framework  | National Framework for the
  Protection of Australia's Children | 
 
  | Civil
  Society Report | Disability Representative,
  Advocacy, Legal and Human Rights Organisations, Disability Rights Now:
  Civil Society Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons
  with Disabilities, August 2012. | 
 
  | CoAG | Council
  of Australian Governments | 
 
  | CoMHWA | Consumers
  of Mental Health WA | 
 
  | Committee | Community
  Affairs References Committee | 
 
  | CP
  NMDS | Child
  Protection National Minimum Data Sets | 
 
  | CRPD | Convention
  on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 
 
  | CSO | community
  service organisations | 
 
  | DANA | Disability
  Advocacy Network Australia | 
 
  | DET | Department
  of Education and Training (New South Wales/ Victoria) | 
 
  | DHHS | Department
  of Health and Human Services (Victoria) | 
 
  | DHS | Department
  of Human Services (Victoria) | 
 
  | Disability
  Alliance | Australian
  Cross Disability Alliance | 
 
  | Disability
  Convention | Convention
  on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 
 
  | DNF | New
  South Wales Disability Network Forum | 
 
  | DRALHRO | Disability
  Representative, Advocacy, Legal and Human Rights Organisations | 
 
  | DSC | Disability
  Services Commission | 
 
  | DSP | Disability
  Support Pension | 
 
  | DSS | Department
  of Social Services | 
 
  | EPOA | Enduring
  Power of Attorney | 
 
  | FACS | Department
  of Family and Community Services (New South Wales) | 
 
  | HOSES | Head
  of Special Education Services | 
 
  | Hotline | National
  Abuse and Neglect Hotline | 
 
  | Human
  Rights Commission | Australian
  Human Rights Commission | 
 
  | ID | intellectual disability | 
 
  | ILC | Information, Linkages and
  Capacity Building | 
 
  | Intergovernmental
  Agreement | Intergovernmental Agreement
  on Federal Financial Relations | 
 
  | Justice
  Plan | Disability Justice Plan
  2014–2017 (South Australia) | 
 
  | Law
  Reform Commission | Australian
  Law Reform Commission | 
 
  | LCA | Law Council of Australia | 
 
  | NAAJA | North Australian Aboriginal
  Justice Agency | 
 
  | NACAP | National Aged Care Advocacy
  Program | 
 
  | National
  Plan  | National Plan to Reduce
  Violence Against Women and Children | 
 
  | NCAT | New South Wales Civil and
  Administrative Tribunal | 
 
  | NDA | National
  Disability Agreement | 
 
  | NDA
  Framework | National
  Disability Advocacy Framework | 
 
  | NDA
  SPP | National
  Disability Agreement Specific Purpose Payment | 
 
  | NDIA | National Disability
  Insurance Agency | 
 
  | NDIS | National Disability
  Insurance Scheme (formerly known as DisabilityCare Australia) | 
 
  | NDIS
  Act | National Disability
  Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth) | 
 
  | NDS | National
  Disability Strategy | 
 
  | NSW | New
  South Wales | 
 
  | ODPP | Office
  of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 
 
  | OHS | occupational
  health and safety | 
 
  | OPA | Office
  of the Public Advocate  | 
 
  | PC | Productivity
  Commission | 
 
  | PEG | Percutaneous Endoscopic
  Gastrostomy | 
 
  | PG | Public Guardian | 
 
  | PSS | Personal Safety Survey | 
 
  | PWDA | People
  with Disability Australia | 
 
  | QADA | Queensland
  Aged and Disability Advocacy Inc. | 
 
  | QAI | Queensland
  Advocacy Incorporated | 
 
  | QCAT | Queensland
  Civil and Administrative Tribunal  | 
 
  | RACF | residential
  aged care facilities | 
 
  | RC | Royal
  Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | 
 
  | Restrictive
  Practice Framework | National Framework for
  Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Restrictive Practices | 
 
  | SARU | Self
  Advocacy Resource Unit | 
 
  | SDM | substitute
  decision maker | 
 
  | SDS | Special
  Development School | 
 
  | SP | Senior
  Practitioner | 
 
  | SRS | supported
  residential services | 
 
  | STVP | Stop
  the Violence Project | 
 
  | TAC | Transport
  Accident Commission | 
 
  | UK | United
  Kingdom | 
 
  | UN | United
  Nations | 
 
  | UN
  Disability Committee | United
  Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 
 
  | VALID | Victorian Advocacy League
  for Individuals with a Disability | 
 
  | VEOHRC | Victorian Equal Opportunity
  and Human Rights Commission | 
 
  | WAS | Witness Assistance Service | 
 
  | WID | Witness Intermediary Scheme | 
 
  | WWDA | Women With Disabilities
  Australia | 
 
  | WWILD | Working Alongside People
  with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities – Sexual Violence Prevention
  Association | 
 
  | YDAS | Youth
  Disability Advocacy Services |