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 two key areas of need of parents and siblings of children and adults with intellectual disability throughout their lifetime.
What is the Bill about? On 27 March 2024, the Government introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No 1)
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
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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.
Level 30, 35 Collins Street (Collins Place), Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia