❓ A question regarding the defunding of the Yellow Bird project and whether the Midland Public Library can provide equivalent digital literacy services to people with disabilities and mental illness. The Minister acknowledges the social benefits of Yellow Bird and highlights the library as a general community resource.
AnsweredQoN 582Legislative Council
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MENTAL
HEALTH — YELLOW BIRD PROJECT
582. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the interjection in this house on Tuesday a week
ago by Hon Alyssa Hayden when she said that clients of the defunded Yellow Bird
project in Midland could go to the Midland Public Library and get the same
service.
Does the minister agree that the Midland Public Library
should be teaching digital literacy to people with disabilities and mental
illness?
HEALTH — YELLOW BIRD PROJECT
582. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the interjection in this house on Tuesday a week
ago by Hon Alyssa Hayden when she said that clients of the defunded Yellow Bird
project in Midland could go to the Midland Public Library and get the same
service.
Does the minister agree that the Midland Public Library
should be teaching digital literacy to people with disabilities and mental
illness?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
I am very familiar with the service provided by the Yellow
Bird project as I had the pleasure of opening it when I was a parliamentary
secretary. One of the benefits of this program appears to have been the social
interaction opportunities it provided. Ideally, people with a mental illness or
a disability or who are elderly can access the same community facilities as
everyone else. The public library system is one excellent community resource
that many people in the community, regardless of age or ability, can use to
access computers and the internet.
I am very familiar with the service provided by the Yellow
Bird project as I had the pleasure of opening it when I was a parliamentary
secretary. One of the benefits of this program appears to have been the social
interaction opportunities it provided. Ideally, people with a mental illness or
a disability or who are elderly can access the same community facilities as
everyone else. The public library system is one excellent community resource
that many people in the community, regardless of age or ability, can use to
access computers and the internet.
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