Pacific Disability Forum

Our Members

Below is a list of the Pacific Disability Forum's members, grouped by country.  If you would like more information on how to become a member, visit the Become a Member page.

Our Full Members are Disabled Persons Organisation, where the majority of the board must have a disability, and that are based or substantially operate in the Pacific. Associate members are Pacific based organisations which are concerned with disability but are not necessarily governed by a board with a majority of persons with disabilities.  Associate membership is also open to individuals.  

American Samoa

Associate Members
Ms Tafaimamao Tua -Tupuola
Advocacy, Inclusion and Governance for All (AIGA)

Australia

Full Members
First Peoples Disability Network
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Deaf Australia
People with Disabilities Australia

Associate Members
International Council for Education for People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
Irene McMinn
Motivation Australia Development Organisation
Penelope Price
Rehabilitation International
World Blind Union - Asia Pacific (WBU-AP), Pacific Oceania Sub - Region
International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) 

Cook Islands

Full Members
Cook Islands National Disability Council

Associate Members
Nooroa Numanga
Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Inc

East Timor

Associate Mmebers
Asosisaun Defisiensia Timor-Leste
Ra'Es Hadomi Oan (RHTO) Disabled Peoples Organisation (DPO)

Federated States of Micronesia

Full Members
Pohnpei Consumer Organization

Associate Members
Yap Persons with Disabilities Organisation 
Phonpei Women with Disabilities Inc

Fiji Islands

Full Members
Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation
Fiji Association of the Deaf
Psychiatric Survivors Association
Spinal Injury Association
United Blind Persons of Fiji

Associate Members
Australia Pacific Technical College
Lynda Tabuya
Laisiasa Merumeru
Inclusive Fiji
Fiji Paralympic Committee
Viti Spinal Injury Association
Shaulendra Prakash

Guam

Associate Member

Guma Mami Inc

Kiribati

Full Members
Te Toa Matoa

Associate Members
Kiribati Red Cross
Kiribati Deaf Association
 

Marshall Islands

Full Members
Marshall Islands Disable Person Organisation

Associate Members
Association of Marshallese Parents of Children with a Disability 

Nauru

Full Members
Nauru Disabled Peoples Association (NDPA)

Associate Members
Able Disable Parents & Friends Association

New Caledonia

Full Members
Collectif Handicap of New Caledonia.  (French language website)

Associate Members
MOUVEMENT pour une CALEDONIE INCLUSIVE
HANDIJOB

New Zealand

Full Members
Akamarama Advocacy Inc
Deaf Aotearoa
Disabled Persons Assembly New Zealand 
Vision Pacific Charitable Trust
Kapo Maori Aoteroa NZ Inc (trading as Ngati Kapo)

Associate Members

Alastir Wikinson
Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand Inc 
Spectrum Care Trust Board
WFD - Oceania
DeafBlind Association NZ Charitable Trust
Volunteer Service Abroad NZ (VSA)

Niue

Full Members
Niue Tolomaki Auloa Association (NTAA)
 

Palau

Full Members
Omekesang Association

Papua New Guinea

Full Members
Papua New Guinea National Assembly of Disabled Persons (PNGNADP)

Associate Members
Callan Services for Persons with Disabilities

Samoa

Full Members
Nuanua O Le Alofa 

Solomon Islands

Full Members
People With Disabilities Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Deaf Association 

Tahiti

Full Members

HUMA MERO Association

Assosiate Members

Fraternite Chretienne des Handicapes

Timor Leste

Associate Members
Asosisaun Defisiensia Timor-Leste 
Ra'Es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO) Disabled Peoples Organisation (DPO)
 

Tonga

Full Members
Naunau O' E' Alamaite, Tonga Association
Tonga National Disabilities Congress
Tonga National Visual Impairment Association 

Associate Members
Mr. Malakai Kaufusi            

Tuvalu

Full Members
Fusi Alofa Association Tuvalu

Associate Members
Tuvalu Red Cross Society

Vanuatu

Full Members
Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association

Wallis & Futuna

Full Members
Club Handisport de Futuna