My Voice My Choice 2008

Inclusion Ireland held its fourth annual Self-Advocacy cofnerence on 18 and 19 June 2008 in the Carlton Shearwater Plaza Hotel,Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

The theme of the conference was 'What Supports do You Need?'

On this page you can see pictures from the two days and speeches made

SPEECHES PICTURES Wednesday Thursday PDF of the conference brochure PRESS STATEMENTS

SPEAKERS

John Moloney TD, Minister for Disability and Mental Health
Sean Ryan, Self-Advocate – ‘Being Included’
Andrew Doyle, Self-Advocate from Enable Scotland, Chair of European Platform of Self-Advocates –‘My Journey to Independence’
Marie Wolf, Self-Advocate – ‘The Right Supports in my Life’
Phil Davy, Self-Advocate – ‘Peer Advocacy’
David Toomey, Staff and Padraic Maher, Self- Advocate, Western Care – ‘My Journey to Independent Living’
Paul Alford, Self-Advocacte - 'Self-Advocacy'