The words “Safer Me Safer You” written in dark purple, with “Safer Me” written on the line below. Three sets of concentric circles in a hand drawn style are at the top right corner next to the word “Me”. The circles vary in colour and are light purple, dark purple, light blue, dark blue, and white.

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    Introduction to Consent

    By Safer Me Safer You, SHFPACT

    Published 30 June 2024,
    Last Updated 30 July 2024
    Easy Read
    Plain Language
    Consent

    SHFPACT and SECCA have partnered together to design and develop this book about consent. The book has pages in Easy English with pictures to explain the text. It also has pages written in plain language to provide more detail on these topics. The book was developed in consultation with people with disability. 

    This book introduces important consent topics and provides examples of consent and different ways to communicate. 

    It includes information about:

    • personal space

    • boundaries

    • consent

    • feeling and being safe

    • public and private

    • different types of touch.

    This book is for everyone. It can be read by people of all ages and abilities. From a sex positive and person-centred approach, this book is written in a way that reinforces the body autonomy and rights of people with disability. It aims to provide people with information to help them understand and put into practice consent every day. 

    This book is available for download in double-page spread

    and single-page spread.

    Please note that the alt text for images is currently missing from both PDFs. We are actively working on incorporating alt text into the single-page spread PDF and will update it as soon as possible.

    An adult and a child are holding hands and looking at each other at a playground. The adult has short black curly hair, has a hearing aid, is using a walking stick, and is wearing a mustard jumper and brown pants. The child has short black straight hair, and is wearing a yellow t-shirt with blue overalls. The adult has a speech bubble with an image of them pushing the child on the swing. The child has a speech bubble that says yes in big green text.

    This book is managed by SHFPACT as part of the Safer Me Safer You project in collaboration with SECCA. It is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. There are two books in this series. This is the first book on consent. The second book is on sexual consent. This book will help you feel comfortable with boundaries and consent. To learn about sexual consent, please read Book 2 in this consent series: Introduction to Sexual Consent.