Olivia Brown spoke at the inaugural World Down Syndrome Congress in Brisbane, presenting to around 1000 people from over 45 countries. The 19-year-old who lives with Down syndrome, co-facilitates a weekly volunteer playgroup with NFP Play Matters Australia and is a youth mentor at Lemonade Kids playgroup in Brisbane.
Olivia recently spoke to the ‘Active and Healthy’ Service providers at Logan City Council on how to ‘best include people with disability in the services they offer’. She has also presented to secondary preservice teachers on the ‘student perspective’ and how high school teachers can meet the needs of students with disabilities, what worked well for her, what adjustments she needed and what she enjoyed most about school.