Shortened form and full title

ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAT - ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal
ACTCT - ACT Courts and Tribunals
ADACAS - ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service
AFI - Advocacy for Inclusion
AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission
AIHW - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ALRC - Australian Law Reform Commission
ALS - Aboriginal Legal Service
AMC - Alexander Maconochie Centre
AMC WCHM - Alexander Maconochie Centre Women’s Centre for Health Matters
ANROWS - Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder
CALD - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
CCL - Canberra Community Law
CYPS - Child and Youth Protection Services
DAIPs - Disability Access and Inclusion Plans
DDL - Disability Discrimination Law
DJRG - Disability Justice Reference Group
FASD - Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
HASI - Hayes Ability Screening Index
IDRS - NSW - Intellectual Disability Rights Service NSW
ILC - Information Linkages and Capacity building
ITAS - Intensive Treatment and Support Service
JCCD - Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity
LAW Survey - Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal needs in Australia
LGBTQI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex
LRAC - Law Reform Advisory Council
NDIA - National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIS - National Disability Insurance Scheme
NGO - Non-government organisation
OCGFS - Office for the Coordinator-General for Family Safety
PEA - Priority Enrolment Area
PTSD - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
SDM - Supported Decision-Making
SLP - Socio-Legal Practice
UN - United Nations
WWDACT - Women with Disability ACT

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