Keynote: Nothing about us without us: Advocates Leading from Lived Experience:

We have a real, once in a lifetime opportunity. The disability community is on the cusp of huge systemic change and needs to band together to respond in the most cohesive and respectful way possible.

However who are our champions of change? Whose voices do we need to lead us in this campaign to make real the catch cry Nothing About Us Without Us? What does it mean to walk alongside us in true allyship?

Hear from Christina Ryan, a powerful leader with disability, explore how disability advocacy agencies can constructively work with the disability community in an empowering and respectful way- to ensure that the disability community can truly lead discussions on their own welfare and decision-making.