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Know your rights: People with a disability

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An educational video designed to help disability consumers be alert to potential scams and understand and exercise their consumer rights.

Video by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. 

 

Resource: Know your rights: People with disabilities - Youtube

Duration: 3 minutes and 55 seconds

Link to Transcript 

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IDEAS does information so you can do life. 

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