Our Vision, Values and Beliefs…

AMPARO Advocacy’s vision is that people from a non-English speaking background who have a disability are accepted as part of Australian society, with access to information and all services and benefits, so that they can be included, and participate and contribute in family and community life.

AMPARO Advocacy believes that people from a NESB who have a disability have the same right to live valued lives that are comparable to those of other members of society where they:

• are respected and valued;
• connected with friends, family and community;
• have access to interpreters and information in their preferred language;
• have supports and services provided in a culturally sensitive and responsive ways;
• have natural authority to influence the direction of their own lives, or where they have limited capacity, that their family retains this authority;
• are welcomed and have opportunities to live an ordinary life;
• are participating and contributing members in the social, economic and political life of broader Australian society.