Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference 2019
Advocacy under pressure

Monday 2 September | NAB The Hall, 700 Bourke Street, Docklands

Judy Bourke

Photo of Judy Bourke, Lawyer and NDIS Advocate at AMIDA

Lawyer and NDIS Advocate at AMIDA

Judy Bourke is passionate about rights and justice in the NDIS space. Her role at AMIDA enables her to assist people with disability to navigate the appeal systems within the NDIS. She endeavours to assist clients to obtain outcomes they can live with, utilising the in-built legal processes of complaints and AAT appeals. Judy also lectures at the Law School at Melbourne University.

 

Session

Getting it right: Decisions that make a real difference

Monday 2nd September, 2019: 3:20pm - 4:20pm

Appealing NDIS decisions involves taking cases to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. What are some of the things that advocates need to know about this process to get the reasonable and necessary outcomes that their clients need and deserve?