Welcome to Disability Justice Australia.
Latest news:
- DJA 2025 AGM – Update (27/10/25)
- DJA 2025 AGM — Guest Speaker Announced (07/10/2025)
- DJA Advertises Board Vacancies (11/9/2025)
- Save The Date — DJA 2025 AGM Announced (11/9/2025)
- NDIS webinar — Overview of the changes to NDIS legislation (5/9/25)
About us
Disability Justice Australia Inc. (DJA) is a registered charity that provides advocacy to people who have ongoing support needs as a result of disability. Everything we do follows our Code of Conduct.
We advocate for people with disability through:
DJA is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of elected representatives from its general membership — we are a cross Disability Representative Organisation (DRO) for people with disabilities and governed by people with disabilities.
DJA has been in existence since 1990 and is primarily funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA). DJA is funded to provide advocacy to people with disabilities who live in many areas of Victoria. Please contact us to find out if your address is included in our funded intake area.
What we stand for
We believe in the Social Model of Disability by seeking to remove barriers for people with disability to access mainstream services and live an ordinary life without discrimination.
We are independent of all other services and free of conflicts of interest. There is no charge to use the service.
Our vision
We aim to be the leading provider of advocacy and support services for people with disabilities in Australia.
Mission statement
Enriching the lives of people with disabilities through innovative and person-centred solutions.
Our values
Our values are to promote, empower, enhance, and protect the human rights of people with disabilities by:
- Supporting their full and effective participation and Respecting their intrinsic dignity.
- Recognising their right to equality of opportunity.
- Showing respect for individual differences regardless of disability, age, gender, culture, heritage, language, faith, sexual identity and relationship status.
- Respecting their right to independence and to make their own choices.
- Having preventative measures in place to ensure they are free from discrimination, exploitation, abuse, harm, neglect and violence.
- Making our services and our built environment accessible.
- Providing advocacy and support services that are based on the minima restrictive options and are contemporary, evidence-based, transparent, and capable of review.
- Recognising the role of families, friends and carers in safeguarding and upholding their rights.
- Working in collaboration and/or in partnership with other organisations and community members to support individuals to connect to family, friends and their chosen communities.