David has worked in the disability sector in Victoria for over 30 years. Over this period he has worked in a variety of roles that include community recreation development and operational management with a large disability service provider, sessional training and lecturing work in disability and recreation courses in tertiary institutions , a short stint in a residential aged care organisation and then 12 years with a state-wide disability advocacy organisation.

Kate has been involved in Citizen Advocacy for 22 years, firstly as a Committee of Management member and also the citizen advocate for a couple with two children. Kate then joined the staff of North East Citizen Advocacy 7 years ago as part-time Program Manager.

Seth is an Individual Advocacy Coordinator at VALID, a Statewide Peak Advocacy organization for people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Deidre has worked at Villamanta for thirteen years. During this time she has been an active member of Disability Advocacy Victoria (formerly VDAN), the Disability Law Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria), working collaboratively on disability rights issues.

I’m very passionate about helping people with disabilities I volunteer as a self advocate with Reinforce where I was recently elected as Assistant Secretary. My passion is to make the world a better place for parents with intellectual disabilities and I hope that one day parents with I.D. can keep their children with the support they need.