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What does a good life look like to you?

Participants in the I Can Decide In My Language project created vision boards to explore their goals, interests and dreams. It's all about helping people make decisions that are right for them.

Learn more about the project:
https://valid.org.au/i-can-decide-i-do-supported-decision-making-in-my-language/

We’re not going back; to the abuse, the neglect, the exploitation and the discrimination regularly experienced by people with intellectual disability before the NDIS. It hasn’t been perfect but the NDIS and what it promised is worth fighting for. Be part of the conversation at VALID’s Advocacy in Action Conference on June 22 & 23, 2026 from 9.00am to 4.30pm at the Novotel Hotel Function Centre. To register, go to Humanitix at: https://events.humanitix.com/advocacy-in-action-conference-2026 Please contact the VALID Office for more information. Phone: (03) 9416 4003. Email: [email protected]

ID: Light blue social media tile. VALID logo along the top. Text: “WE’RE NOT GOING BACK. Voices must be heard. The future must include us.” Collage of photos featuring self advocates speaking up at last year’s Advocacy in Action conference. Along the bottom an orange banner with the graphic of a person holding a megaphone. Text: “June 22 and 23. Advocacy in Action Conference 2026. Register Now.”

Last year VALID’s Advocacy in Action conference brought self advocates with intellectual disability to the front of conversations about their lives. Alongside industry experts and policymakers people with lived experience will once again share their experience and expertise on the issues that matter. This year the focus will be squarely on the proposed changes to the NDIS. Guest speaker Maeve Kennedy, CEO of Inclusion Australia will share the National representative organisation’s position on the proposed NDIS changes and how our community can coordinate our concerns and mobilise our impact.

The 2026 Advocacy in Action Conference will be held on June 22 & 23, 2026 from 9.00am to 4.30pm each day at the Novotel Hotel Function Centre. To register, go to Humanitix at: https://events.humanitix.com/advocacy-in-action-conference-2026. There are also huge discounts for NDIS participants and their family members. Please contact the VALID Office for more information. Phone: (03) 9416 4003. Email: [email protected]

ID: Light blue social media tile. VALID logo along the top. Text: “Voices must be heard. The future must include us. WE’RE NOT GOING BACK.” Photo of a self advocate Hala speaking into a microphone at last year’s Advocacy in Action conference. Along the bottom an orange banner with the graphic of a person holding a megaphone. Text: “June 22 and 23. Advocacy in Action Conference 2026. Register Now.”