VALID Podcast

Having a chat about different advocacy styles and approaches.

During the conversation with Olivia Petty, we discussed

• Why this role was developed by Victoria Police

•How Victoria Police differentiate between Mental Health Issues & Intellectual Disability (ID)

•Current relationship between Victoria Police and People with ID

•Issues currently for Victoria Police when working with People with ID

•The difference between criminal behaviour & people with behaviours of concern

John McKenna, host of the VALID Podcast, is chatting with Robert Martin, who was over from New Zealand attending the 20th anniversary of the VALID Having A Say Conference, which took place in February 2019.

Robert is the first person with an intellectual disability to sit on a United Nations Committee.

His role on the UN Committee is to monitor State Parties implementation of the Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities.

Robert led the charge to close institutions in New Zealand and took the fight all around the world.

For more information about VALID, the website is www.valid.org.au