How people with intellectual disability raise concerns in paid care relationships.

Proudly presented by the ASID Victoria division.

Tuesday, 21 April 2026
12:30pm – 2:00pm (AEST – Sydney time)
2:30pm – 4:00pm (NZST – New Zealand time)
Webinar: via Zoom

Cost: 

• Free for ASID members 
• Free for people with intellectual disability
• $20 for non-members

Speaker

Paul Tomaszewiski – UNSW Sydney 

Paul is a researcher, performer and dad. Paul lives in Hobart and works with people, businesses and communities to design more accessible, practical and values-led way of doing things.

About

Paul’s research is about what happens when a person with intellectual disability might want to complain when they do not like something in their relationship with their support worker. It is important that people complain when they have a problem. We do not know how people complain or what helps people complain when they do not like something.

Paul met with people with intellectual disability and the workers they chose to be their partners. They drew pictures and took photos together. 

Paul found 5 things: 

• People complained in many ways.
• Workers thought people would tell them when they had a problem. 
• People said it was easier to complain to someone they trusted.
• Trusted workers helped people to complain by asking small questions when they had quiet time together.
• People and workers found it hard to change things they could not control. 

Audience

The webinar is for anyone. This includes researchers, practitioners, managers/ support personel, families/ advocates and people with lived experience of intellectual disability.

Accessibility

Some people might need support to get online and to make the technology work.

The webinar will be recorded.  Some people might like to watch the webinar again later.  This can help with understanding the information.