Professional Disability Awareness Training (PDAT) For Sex Workers

This workshop is exclusively for sex workers and aims to increase knowledge, skills & confidence in providing services to clients with a range of disabilities. Some clients (or their support workers and families) feel more secure organising an appointment with a worker who’s had awareness training or previous experience working with clients with disability.  

PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible you must have been providing sex services for a minimum of three (3) months.

Goals

• Progress the concept of professional training being made available to sex workers and sex industry staff who wish to gain greater awareness and skills in working with clients who have a range of special needs
• Assist sex workers and sex industry staff to challenge myths and prejudices they or their workplace may have regarding clients with disability
• Inform participants of the diverse sexuality of people with disability
• Educate participants on how discrimination may create barriers for people with disability to access the sexual lifestyles of their choice – including accessing sex workers and sex services premises
• Inform on better practice for providing accessible services to people with disability
• Inform on how to arrange services through a third party (personal care attendant, family member or friend of client, etc)

When?

This workshop is held over 2 x 3-hour live online training sessions.

Online PDAT Session 1: Thursday 19th March 2026, 1pm – 4pm AEDT (NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS)

12pm – 3pm (QLD), 12.30pm – 3.30pm (SA), 10am – 1pm (WA), 11.30am – 2.30pm (NT)

Online PDAT Session 2: Thursday 26th March 2026, 1pm – 4pm AEDT (NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS)

12pm – 3pm (QLD), 12.30pm – 3.30pm (SA), 10am – 1pm (WA), 11.30am – 2.30pm (NT)

Please note, participants must attend both sessions to receive a
Certificate of Attendance.

Cost
$125.00
This covers the cost of both sessions.  

Limited number of participants
This workshop is limited to a maximum of 10 participants.

Waiting List
We operate a waiting list for these workshops in case someone withdraws their registration. So if you do miss out on a spot, you can still register to be on the waiting list.  

**Please note: This is an awareness training workshop; with a focus on increasing the awareness of the sexual rights of people with disability and the stigma and discrimination faced by people with disability when accessing sexual services, and providing information on better practice for providing accessible sexual services.

Although PDAT touches on the basics of providing practical hands-on support to clients with disability, it does not cover aspects such as manual lifting, falls procedures, catheter use, and so on. 

We believe hands-on skill sets are best left to those who are certified to teach them – there are many training providers across Australia that run in-person and online courses covering these areas, for example National Disability Services Manual Handling for Disability Support Workers online training.”