Strengthening Disability Advocacy conference 2014

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River Room
Graeme Innes speaks about the critical role that advocates can play when championing the rights of people with a disability. This keynote address is only weeks after his final address
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DeafBlind Victorians deliver their interactive hands-on presentation DeafBlind World that shows what it is like to be deafblind. Then Matthew Potocnik, Education and Disability Engagement Officer at Victorian Electoral Commission
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Sue Smith, Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU) Coordinator has many years experience of raising awareness on issues concerning people with a disability. She has done this on a shoe string without
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River Room
This session examines the issues that make it difficult for people with a disability to access employment. Geoff Crawford, the Operations Manager at Australians for Disability and Diversity Employment (ADDE),
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Park A
Judy Huett Judy Huett, a leading self advocate from Tasmania, talks about her work on boards and committees including representing Australia on the UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights
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River Room
Your accessible accommodation or mine? Get ready for a frank panel discussion about the ways people with a disability express their sexuality and needs within relationships. The covers are peeled
Skyline Room
The Reel Zone is a movie theatre telling real life stories of people with disabilities who realise that they have an equal right to a life of meaningful education, relationships,
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Skyline Room
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River Room
Stephanie Gotlib With all the talk about Gonski reform, disability loading in schools funding, social inclusion and belonging, how can we ensure that children with disabilities achieve a meaningful learning experience?
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The Victorian Self Advocacy Network VSAN was launched in November 2013 in response to interest for such a network from more than 90 delegates at the last Strengthening Disability Advocacy
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Hear from AED Legal Service and Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Services campaign leaders about how they achieved systemic change through grassroots advocacy. What strategies did they use? Did they achieve
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Skyline Room