Mr Alan Blackwood
Alan Blackwood has spent the last 15 years working in advocacy and policy in health and disability. He currently manages the Public Policy Program at Multiple Sclerosis Australia, promoting disability/chronic illness issues including medical research, health, employment, welfare and long-term care policy across all levels of Government.Alan worked as an advocate and Executive Officer at Headway Victoria, and spent five years as a Senior Health Policy Adviser at the Transport Accident Commission working on a range of rehabilitation and lifetime support policies in the areas of ABI and Spinal Cord injury.
In recent times Alan has been closely involved in the Young People in Nursing Homes campaign, and is a board member of the Chronic Illness Alliance and the Victorian Association of Children with a Disability. He is a strong supporter of consumer and family participation in the policy cycle.
