My name is Angela and I am a Melbourne-based disability lawyer. I specialise in solving the unique legal and bureaucratic challenges faced by parents and siblings of people with intellectual disability throughout their lifetime.
Growing up with a brother with Down syndrome, and being active in his care as adults, I understand first-hand the stress, frustration, isolation and exhaustion that families suffer as they continually navigate complex and ever-changing laws and systems to get the supports they need to live a decent life.
My passion to help families in the same boat as my own family, motivated me to become a disability lawyer and establish my legal practice, Special Voices, that is solely focused on meeting their special legal needs.
My areas of practice as a disability lawyer reflect the key areas of need of parents and siblings of children and adults with intellectual disability throughout their lifetime.
The 2023 Independent Review of the NDIS The Final Report of The Independent Review Panel (co-chaired by Professor Bruce Bonyhady AM and Ms Lisa Paul
Sayed v National Disability Insurance Agency (No 4) [2024] FCA 51 (5 February 2024) Discovery application The Federal Court decision, delivered on 5 February 2024
The Final Report is here! The NDIS Independent Review commissioned by the Federal Government commenced in October 2022. The Final Report of the Independent Review
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Special Voices is a bespoke, private legal practice specialising in helping the parents and siblings of children and adults with autism or intellectual disability solve their problems with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and substitute decision-making systems.
Special Voices services clients in Melbourne and Perth as a priority. Subject to capacity, it may also service clients in other locations in Australia.
Level 30, 35 Collins Street (Collins Place), Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia