Joanne Scott

With many years experience working on health and legal issues mainly in Indigenous organizations Joanne is currently the service manager and senior advocate for the Indigenous Disability Advocacy Service in NSW. This is the only indigenous specific advocacy service in Australia. With a wide geographic spread servicing urban and rural communities the service provides advocacy support to Indigenous people with disability and their families and carers in any area of their life where they may be experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment. There are major challenges for IDAS in ensuring that government and non-government service providers meet their obligations to Indigenous people with disability.