VALID is the Victorian peak advocacy organisation for adults with intellectual disability.
We have developed training, information and resources to help empower people with disability and their families since 1989.
Vision
A society where everyone is empowered to exercise their rights in line with:
- The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR)
- Other human rights standards.
Purposes
Strengthen and promote the human rights of people with intellectual disability, including:
- Inclusion
- Access
- Employment
- Health
- Education
- Housing
Support family and carer networks of people with intellectual disability towards these.
Aims
VALID aims to empower people with intellectual disability to:
Exert control and influence over the decisions and choices which affect their lives –
People will have a say about what happens in their own lives.
Inform and influence the policies, processes and practices of disability service agencies, governments and other authorities –
People will have a say about what organisations connected to disability do.
Exercise their human rights and citizenship status within their local communities –
People with intellectual disability will be able to do the same things as anyone else.
Values
Respect
This means we accept and value people for who they are.
Collaboration
Working together.
Courage
Being brave and strong.
Humility
Understanding that we do not know everything.
Passion
Caring a lot about what we do.
Dedication
Not stopping until we live in a society where the human rights of people with intellectual disability are happening in practice.
Integrity
Doing what we say we will.
Being honest when we make mistakes.