National Disability Employment
Forum
9.30 am-3pm, Wednesday 18 July 2007, Victorian Equal
Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Level 3,
380 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Program
9.30 am Arrival and registration 9.45 am Morning tea 10.00 am Welcome / outline of the
day Christine Williams - Facilitator 10.05 am Background to today’s
forum Peter Rickards - ADDE President 10.15 am The need for a National
network representing unemployed and underemployed
job seekers with a disability and other disadvantages
Alan Bartlet - job seeker with a disability 10.30 am Setting the scene for
a national perspective on employment and disability
AFDO - Nadia Mattiazzo
ACE - Pauline Disseldorp
Australian Employers Network on Disability - Samantha
French
WAM/Vision Australia - Dr Kevin Murfitt 11.30 am Audience self-introductions 11.45 am Questions / comments 12.30 pm Lunch 1.00 pm Questions / comments 2.00 pm Information sharing and
general discussion on how to progress 2.30 pm Structure to take us forward 3.00 pm Conclusion
Forum Transcripts
Peter Rickards - ADDE President.
Welcome address to the National Disability Employment
Forum. Peter Rickard's
welcome adress click to download. Zeliha Iscel - Systemic
Advocacy Officer, Ethnic Disability Advocacy Centre
(EDAC) and ADDE WA rep speaks on behalf of people
with disability from a culturally and linguistically
diverse (CaLD) background. A minority within
a minority. Zeliha
Iscel EDAC click to download transcript
in doc format
