1800RESPECT launches its first integrated campaign identifying scenes of domestic violence
National sexual assault and domestic violence counselling service 1800RESPECT has launched its first combined advertising and PR campaign for women with disability, titled ‘That is Violence’.
A series of 15-second spots, set in various rooms of a home and counselling clinic, feature the voice of a 1800RESPECT counsellor describing scenes that classify as abuse or violence.
Hello Zoe and Mumbrella, I am physically disabled and have experienced domestic violence (fortunately before my disability became symptomatic). I wrote a book detailing my 17 year relationship with the abuser in diary journals’ format combined with narrative, analysing the myriad of forms DV abuse takes, the typical personality traits of an abuser and the crucial warning signs that a person may in an abusive relationship. Since ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway? Recognising and Surviving Domestic Violence was released in 2018 it has been used by DV services across the world and particularly in Tasmania as an educational and information resource for both counsellors and social work students doing pracs. Would you be interested in looking at this book (being developed as a docudrama, pending funding) or contacting me for further information? This book is my voice and focus where now I can no longer work in the social work field but can speak at events and do what I can to reduce the incidence of DV.