First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN)

The FPDN is a national peak organisation who represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability and their families and aim to be a strong voice of and for them. FPDN do this using a range of strategies including providing advice to government and educating the government and non-government sectors about how to meet the unmet needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability. FPDN also seek to address the stigma that some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability may experience by having their members, who are themselves Aboriginal people with disability, speak about their experiences.