Cirrus@Austlit

'I am a descendant of the Worimi people of the Manning Valley and have Scottish/Irish heritage. I’m the executive officer of the First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN Australia). The FPDN seeks to be a strong voice of and for Aboriginal people with disabilities. The board of FPDN is made up entirely of Aboriginal people with disability. I have been instrumental in establishing both the FPDN and the Aboriginal Disability Network NSW. Back in 2004 and 2005 I undertook a major consultative project visiting Aboriginal communities across the state of New South Wales, discussing the unmet needs of Aboriginal people with disability directly with Aboriginal people with disability and their carers. This culminated in the report entitled “Telling It Like It Is“. (Introduction)