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Praneeta Singh has a degree in sociology and has had extensive hands-on experience working with advocacy organisations and communities.

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Praneeta Singh

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(08) 8351 9500

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www.malssa.org.au

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MALSSA MULTICULTURAL DISABILITY ADVOCACY SERVICES

MALSSA Inc represents the rights and interests of people with disability, their families and their carers. MALSSA is funded by the Commonwealth government and exist to protect and promote the rights and interests of people with disability by individually advocating on their behalf.

As Individual Advocates, Praneeta can assist people with a disability, their families and carers in a wide range of areas including:

•Gaining access to needed services and equipment, e.g respite, accommodation and mobility aids.
•Making informed decisions about educational, career and lifestyle choices.
•Lodging complaints about service quality, unfair treatment or discrimination.
•Representation and appealing decisions e.g. Guardianship Board and Centrelink matters.

Contact Praneeta Singh Shop 4, 80 Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia, 5031 Telephone (08) 81222714


General examples of how a MALSSA Disability Advocate can assist people with a disability

ACCOMMODATION
E.g. assist a client with tenancy issues, priority housing or to access supported accommodation.

ACCESS
E.g. assist a client to seek improved access to a building.

CHILDREN
E.g. custody and child protection matters, support parents of a child with an intellectual disability in care proceedings.

COMPENSATION & INSURANCE
E.g. accidents and injury matters independently assist client to claim insurance from an accident or deal with compensation payout.

CONTRACTS
E.g. consumer protection, assist a client unfairly treated in product purchase. Assist to dispute service charges e.g. gas, phone, electricity etc.

DECISION MAKING
E.g. support a client at a Guardianship Board hearing or help client to consider and understand all options in a major decision.

DISPUTES
E.g. disputes between neighbours, apprehended personal violence orders, assist a client to participate and understand a dispute mediation procedure.

DISCRIMINATION
E.g. assist a client to lodge a complaint of disability discrimination with the South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission.


EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL TRAINING
E.g. assist a client who may have been excluded from a training course assist a carer to negotiate with a school about improving the support for a child with a disability.

EMPLOYMENT
E.g. assist a client in dispute with a workplace.

EQUIPMENT
E.g. assist a client who has been unfairly treated by an equipment supply service.

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
E.g. Marriage, divorce, de facto relationships, parenting, adoption, domestic violence matters, assist a client to participate in Family Court mediation.

FINANCES
E.g. Debt, credit, pensions, benefits, superannuation issues, assist a client to challenge a pension debt or apply for a Centrelink benefit.

HEALTH
E.g. health consumer rights, assist client to question a medical decision or raise a complaint about treatment for a mental illness.

LEGAL MATTERS
E.g. crime, sexual and drug offences, traffic offences, assist a client to deal with a charge of parking infringement or assault.

SERVICES
General & specialist disability service providers e.g. assist a client to raise a complaint with a day program or access respite or home care services.

TRANSPORT
E.g. assist a client unable to get access to disabled taxis or public transport

WILLS & ESTATES
E.g. assist a carer to get advice and support to provide for a client in the future or assist a client to challenge decisions of the Public Trustee.

Disclaimer: MALSSA provides general information but is not a substitute for financial and legal advice.


Contact Praneeta Singh Shop 4, 80 Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia, 5031