self advocacy
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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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Deafblind people at DBI 2023 conference in Ottawa, Canada
Three Deafblind Victoria members attended the Deafblind International conference in Ottawa Canada in July 2023. We met many wonderful deafblind people at the conference from Europe, North America, India and Australia. Some of these deafblind people did short video interviews with us to share with you. Click here for a YouTube playlist of all the…
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DBV met with NDIA CEO & self-advocacy groups
On Wednesday the 17th March, disability self-advocacy groups met with the CEO of the NDIA, Martin Hoffman. The meeting was arranged by SARU. It was a hybrid meeting with some in person and some online. People with disability shared their experiences of abuse and isolation in institutions and the community. They talked about how self-advocacy…
