About TEDICORE - Consultative Expert Panel
Members of the panel provide expert advice to TEDICORE. We acknowledge the panel members' skills and willingness to advance the goals of TEDICORE.
Members of the Consultative Expert Panel
Barry Dingle has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 35
years in network design and research and has been active in the development of
international standards for 25 years. He has been a UN ITU-D Advisor and has
been involved in disability issues for over 20 years. Barry was the project
manager for ACIF's Any-to-Any Text Connectivity Options (TATA) Working Group
that produced a report to DCITA. He continues to be involved in developing
mainstream text service solutions that also meet the needs of of people who are
Deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment.
Rob Garrett is a Team Leader in the Research & Innovation division of
Novita Children's Services.
Rob comes from a background in electronic engineering which, for the last
23 years, has been used to assist people with physical disabilities. Rob
is the Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association
representative on the Communications Alliance Disability Council and is
actively involved in research into the use and benefits of
telecommunications to the lives of those with disabilities and who are
ageing, the application of Universal Design principles and the development
of policies, products and processes.
Holly Raiche is Executive Director of the Internet Society of Australia
(ISOC-AU). Before that, Holly was a project manager with the Communications
Alliance (formerly ACIF), which included responsibility for the Disability
Council. Holly has been the communications advisor to the Australian
Democrats and the researcher and policy advisor for the Communications Law
Centre, specialising in consumer issues in telecommunications. Holly is also a
member of the Consumers' Telecommunications Network Board and a Visiting Fellow
with the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, in the Faculty of Law at the
University of NSW.