Nick Avery
She/Her
Nick Avery was diagnosed autistic and ADHD in her early 40s, and is parent to two young autistic adults who were diagnosed as toddlers. Professionally Nick is the CEO of South West Autism Network (SWAN), an autistic-led disability peer support organisation in regional WA, represents Every Australian Counts (EAC) in systemic advocacy to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is a member of the EAC Steering Committee, and is a Board Member of the Self Manager Hub. Her work comprises mainly of individual and systemic advocacy, and has been volunteering and working in the disability sector since 2000.
Nick is passionate about empowering autistic people to make decisions and self-advocate, and improving inclusion and accessibility of disability services, education, employment, health, mental health and other mainstream services for autistic people.