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Below is a list of the most frequently asked questions MDAA responds to about disability and ethnicity. If the answer to your questions is not among them please check whether it has been answered in our students' section.
If not, ask a question and have it answered?

• How many people from a NESB with disability are there in NSW?
• How many people from a NESB with disability are there in my local government area?
• How many people from a NESB with disability are there in NSW by language group?
• What are the key issues for people from a NESB with disability?
• What are the key components of a culturally competent disability services sector?
• What are the strategies for cultural competence?
• Does Australia's' immigration system discriminate against people with disability?
• How to use interpreters successfully?
• What makes a good translation?
• What are the keys to access and equity?
• What does this word mean?
• What are the key concepts in understanding culture?
• What are culturally competent disability services standards?
• How can workers check whether they are culturally competent?
• How can agencies check whether they are culturally competent?
• How to identify local NESB Communities?
• How to network with NESB Communities?
• How to develop culturally competent workshops and info session?

Resources in this Section

All the following are available in MS Word document form.

• The Good Translation Guide
• Strategies towards a culturally competent disability services sector
• Cultural Competence Standards
• Days of Religious Significance Explained
• Days of Religious Significance 2008 - January to June - July to December
• Using Interpreters Successfully
• Disability Discrimination and Immigration
• Number of people from a non-English speaking background with disability
• Towards a culturally diverse disability sector
• Checklist for Agencies
• Checklist for Workers
• Understanding Culture
• Identifying local NESB Communities
• Networking with NESB Communities
• Developing Culturally competent workshops and information sessions

FOR STUDENTS Culture, Religion and Disability Ethnicity and Disability