National Manager Innovative Service Delivery, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
Robyn is the National Manager, Innovative Service Delivery at the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO). She is currently working on a project which is examining the characteristics of good practice in service delivery for people with disability.
Robyn has over 20 years experience delivering education,employment and training services for people with a disability. She is a former Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia, the national consumer representative organisation of and for people who are blind or vision impaired. Prior to joining AFDO, Robyn was Coordinator of the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU), which developed and provided information and resources to support the work of funded independent disability advocacy in Victoria.
She has just completed her term of office on the Victorian Disability Advisory Council and is currently a member of the City of Melbourne disability advisory committee built environment andsocial inclusion working group.
Blind since the age of eight, Robyn is passionate about supporting people with disability to play a leading role in shaping the services they want and need.
Session
Enter stage rights: Applying a human rights based approach to person-centred service delivery
Friday 2nd September, 2016: 1:30am - 2:30am
What role can or should disability advocacy play in a landscape of person-centred service delivery? How do we make sure that mainstream services are accessible to people with disability? What will best practice look like?