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SUMMARY:Health and Disability Self-advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Health and Disability Self-advocacy\nEducational Webinar with Health and Disability Advocate Emma Cooper-Williams\n&nbsp\;\n\nJoin us for our first Dementia Talk of 2026: Health and Disability Self-advocacy. This educational webinar will be presented by Emma Cooper-Williams\, Health and Disability Advocate with the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service\, and hosted by Winifred Henderson\, Senior Educator at Dementia New Zealand.\n\nHealth and Disability Advocates are available across New Zealand to help people navigate challenges with their care. They work alongside individuals to understand their needs and support them in accessing the care they deserve.\n\nIn this online webinar\, we’ll focus on building confidence in self-advocacy. Learn what self-advocacy means in practice and discover simple tools you can use - whether you’re making a phone call\, writing an email\, or speaking up in a meeting for yourself or someone you care about.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nDate: Friday\, 27th February 2026\nTime: 10:30 am – 11:30 am\nHost: Winifred Henderson – Senior Educator\, Dementia New Zealand\nOnline via Zoom. A recording of this webinar will be emailed to those who registered the week following the live event.\n\n&nbsp\;\nSpeaker Profile:\n\n\nEmma Cooper-Williams\n\nEmma is an advocate with the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service\, based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. She supports with enquiries and complaints regarding a health service. In addition\, she presents education sessions on the Health and Disability rights and ethics. Previously Emma worked at The University of Auckland\, teaching Disability Studies and supporting students. She has her own lived experience of disability.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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