John McKenna

John McKenna has over 30 years’ experience delivering services to people with disabilities and to their families. John has a deep understanding of the disability sector and the disability community more broadly. This is reinforced by his own experience having been born with disability.

While Chairman of Internet industry association web Accessibility task force, John worked closely with the deaf and blind community to highlight the issue of inclusive website accessibility to industry. More recently John spent many years working for the disability advocacy group VALID as an advocate. Today John is involved in a number of projects. He hosts and produces his own podcast “So…podcast” and is a Peer Practioner for Drummond Street Services. In addition to these commitments, John is also an Honorary Justice of the Peace Victoria, Board Member at Speak Out Tasmania and is co-founder of Victorian Student Nurses.