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Martin, Robert Son of Jim James and Hazel Joan Martin.
Martin, Robert Son of Jim James and Hazel Joan Martin.
Employee supported workshops Various, Wanganui, New Zealand, 1972—1991. National coordinator self advocacy Immunohistochemistry New Zealand Inc., 1991—2000, advisor center learning & development, 2000—2005, national self advocacy advisor, since 2000. Keynote speaker People First World Congress, Anchorage, 1988, Toronto, Canada, 93, International Rehabilitation Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1994, Mencap Conference, Blackpool, England, 1995, Inclusion International General Assembly, Santiago, Chile, 1996, Persons Mental Retardation Conference, Ibaraki, Japan, 2003, Australasian Society Study Intellectual Disability, Canberra, Australia, 2006, Victorian Advocacy League Individuals Disability Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2009.
President People First Central Region, Wanganui, New Zealand, 1989—1992. Committee member United Nations AdHoc Committee Convention Rights Persons Disabilities, New York City, 2003—2008. Member International Disability Alliance, International body, 2003—2008, Panel Experts United Nations Standard Rules Persons Disabilities, New York City, 2004—2008.
Speaker United Nations, New York City, 2008. Chair, Taskforce Self Advocacy Inclusion International, International Body, 1998—2008. Co-chair & keynote speaker Inclusion International World Congress, New Dehli, India, 1994, chair & keynote speaker, The Hague, Netherlands, 98.
Chair, International Self Advocacy Committee Inclusion International, 1993—1998, councillor Asia pacific, 1996—2008, vice president, 1999—2002. Speaker Inclusion International General Assembly, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2004.
Committee member Citizen Advocacy, Wanganui, 1994—1996. Fellow: Australasian Society Study Intellectual Disability. Member: Inclusion International, People First Central Region New Zealand, Rotary New Zealand.
Married Lynda Elizabeth Wan, March 5, 1988.