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Responsive Practice with Adults with Intellectual Disability
Relevant Resources
More resources relating to people with intellectual disabilities can be found at:
http://www.donaldbeasley.org.nz/resources/publications/deinstitutionalisation/
Developing a More Responsive Legal System for People with Intellectual Disability in New Zealand:
http://www.donaldbeasley.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Law-Fn-Rpt-Final-Word-Version-2.2.2015.pdf
Judicial College of Victoria: Disability Access Bench Book
New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016- 2026
New Zealand Human Rights Commission (Te kāhui Tika Tangata)
Raising the Bar
by The Advocacy Training Council of the Bar of England & Wales
Interpreters, language & disability access in New Zealand courts
Brief overview of the pathway to the IDCCR Act
For further advice on responsive communication with people with an intellectual disability:
https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/making-services-better-users/community-engagement-people-disabilities/engaging-people-particular-impairments/engaging-people-learning-intellectual-disabilities
For more information on responsive practice with people with an intellectual disability throughout the stages of the criminal justice system:
http://www.copfs.gov.uk/images/Documents/Victims_and_Witnesses/People%20with%20Learning%20Disabilities%20and%20the%20Scottish%20Criminal%20Justice%20System.pdf
For more information on planning questioning see the Advocate's Gateway Toolkit "
Planning to Question Someone with a Learning Disability
".
Producing Easy Read documents: resources for producing clear written information
New Zealand information on producing easy read documents can be found here:
http://www.odi.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/a-guide-to-making-easy-read-information/
People First New Zealand produce resources and guides to produce easy read documentation:
http://www.peoplefirst.org.nz/news-and-resources/easy-read-resources/
Examples of easy read documents in the UK legal context can be found here:
http://www.keyring.org/cjs-easyreadexamples
Relevant Legislation, Regulations and Conventions
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Evidence Act 2006
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities