SARU
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DBV Café Celebrates Heather Lawson’s Lifetime Achievement Award
On National Self Advocacy Day, 8th October last year, SARU (Self Advocacy Resource Unit) presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to our very own Heather Lawson. At our recent DBV Café, we were honoured to present the award to Heather in person, surrounded by friends and supporters. Alex Sar handed her the clear, circular glass Lifetime…
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DBV meets with the NDIS Review
The NDIS is currently being reviewed. The review looks at how the NDIS is working, and makes recommendations for changes. DBV believes that the NDIS should fund self-advocacy groups like DBV; these groups are very important for people with disability. On Thursday 13th of July, Trudy Ryall represented DBV at a meeting with the NDIS…
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Meeting the NDIA boss
On 4th May 2023, representatives from self-advocacy groups met with Rebecca Falkingham, the CEO of the NDIA. The NDIA is the government agency that runs the NDIS. The meeting was organised by the Victorian Self-Advocacy Network (VSAN). The representative from DBV was Trudy Ryall. Trudy said “I represented on behalf of Deafblind Victoria and presented…
