Self Help Groups- Disabled Action Forum

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Series[UMA-SRE-20180075] Personal and professional papers of Geoffrey BellAccessionAccession lot 212IdentifierUMA-ITE-2018007500018Scope and ContentOriginally housed in blue binder labelled "Self Help Groups / DAF / Disabled Action Forum / 9" [binder not retained]. Contains: Materials relating to self-help groups, primarily the coordinating body of regional Victorian self-help groups DAF (Disability Action Forum). Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, mailing lists, bulletins etc. Also includes: Screen printed poster for W.A.D (Westport Association of the Disabled). Printed by Norman James Printery. Poster states “We don’t need a stairway to paradise / We want ramps to independence” [poster featured in photograph of Geoff Bell housed 2018.0075.00069]; Document written by Frank Stephens "An evaluation of Disabled Action Forum - A consumer organisation for those with a Disability"; Various materials relating to advocacy for disability rights in areas such as accessibility, self-determination and equality. Groups and organisations represented/mentioned: DAF (Disability Action Forum), HACC (Health Action and Community Collective), Healthy Task Group, Outer Eastern Regional Council for Social Development, General Advisory Committee of the Disabled, SRAD (The Southern Region Association of the Disabled), Barwon Regional Council for Social Development, ACCESS (Victorian Committee on Access for the Disabled), Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria, Yooralla Society of Victoria, Spastic Children's Society of Victoria, Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of Victoria.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2018.0075 Unit 0003

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CreatorBell, Geoffrey A.RoleProvenance

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Date1975-1982

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Previous System ID2018.0075.00018

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