Event

Spreading the word & Hitchhiker’s guide

Time: 3:30am - 5:00am

Location: Park B

This session is split into 2 sessions running for 40 minutes each.

 

Spreading the word: Self advocates in action

Members from Reinforce and New Wave talk about the different ways they spread the word on issues facing people with intellectual disabilities and what they do to let people know about, and get, their rights.

 

Audio podcast

 

The ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide Through the BrainMaze’ and other journeys

This session is an eye opener doing a lot more for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) than preaching to the converted.

Peta Ferguson, President of Brain Injury Matters (BIM), describes the production of two kits, The Hitch-hiker’s Guide through the Brain maze and the associated speakers kit, showing how they work and their importance.

This is followed by a brief educative presentation about what causes ABI, the short and long term effects and the negative community attitudes to this sometimes hidden disability. Three BIM members then share their  personal journeys:

  • Lisa Brumtis
  • Neil Cameron
  • Kelvin Lim

 

Audio Podcast

 

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