December 2017

• Housing and Accommodation 
• Legal and access to Justice 
• Care and Protection 

• Voting Kit recognised as best practice by Inclusion Melbourne 
• Connecting with Self-Advocacy groups in Port Macquarie and from SARU in Victoria 
• Receiving ILC funding to roll out a self-advocacy court orientation
• Commencing work on NDIS Appeals 
• Contributing to Lifelines Domestic Violence Alert Trainers National forum in Melbourne
• Contributed to the OPCAT ratification in Australia
• Self-advocates travelling to Melbourne for the SARU conference 
• Our Advocate Jamelle being nominated for a Chief Ministers Inclusion Award 

On Monday 13 November, Advocacy for Inclusion held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in which it elected new members of the Board for 2018.

The night was a great opportunity for members to come together and hear about all the great things that the board and staff had achieved during the year.

Our Board for 2018 includes:

• Chair: Vincent McCormick
• Deputy Chair: Thinha Tran
• Treasurer: Paul Salinas
• Secretary: Jane Flanagan
• Committee member: John Koulouris 
• Committee member: Laura Piscopo
• Committee member: Paulette Neilsen 

• Learnt the skills of speaking for himself
• Practices speaking for himself
• Understands his rights
• Seeks help, when needed, to find information
• Seek help, when needed, to make decisions
• Uses his Self-Advocacy skills to resolve issues with people or events

• Does not blame the elves if something goes wrong

• Listens and looks at children when talking with them

• Takes a new route when confronted by unexpected buildings

• Plans his delivery route based on previous experiences

• Christmas is only one day a year, but the planning takes 364

• He solved the problem of where to put Rudolph with his shiny nose

• He eats only one biscuit at each house he visits

• Breaks down a goal into smaller tasks

• Listens and paraphrases to make sure he understands what was said

• He dresses like nobody else