Cate Dunn

Cate is from regional Victoria and now lives in East Melbourne. Growing up Deaf she’s become an avid advocate for equity and social justice. Cate recently attended the Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C and has participated in the Victorian Youth Parliament in 2017 and 2018 with the first ever Deaf team to be involved - Deafhood. She believes that everyone should have the right to their own identity, culture as well as the choice to pursue their own passions, in their own way.

Session

The Great Debate: Is the Development of Our Disability Pride and Identity at Risk by placing all the focus on mainstreaming people with disability in society?

Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Location: The Hall

Facilitated by: Colleen Furlanetto, Disability Commissioner, Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria & Chair of Victorian Disability Advisory Council

Two teams will present arguments for and against this statement. It will be up to YOU to decide the winner.

Cate Dunn

Session

The Great Debate: Is the Development of Our Disability Pride and Identity at Risk by placing all the focus on mainstreaming people with disability in society?

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