The Aspect Board decided in June 2017 to develop the Aspect Advisory Council comprising up to nine Autistic people.
The purpose of the Council is:
- To talk about things that are important to Autistic people
- To make sure the voices of Autistic people are heard in decision making at Aspect
The Aspect Advisory Council is an essential part of the governance of Aspect. The Council provides independent advice to the Board and Aspect’s Executive team on governance issues, including the management of corporate strategy and risk, based on the Members’ own insights and experiences. The terms of reference for the Council are part of Aspect’s Regulations which can be found on Aspect’s website.
The framework for the Council was based on work done by Dimensions, a leading disability organisation in the United Kingdom. They had tried a range of approaches to engage with people with disabilities in their organisation’s governance and found this to be the most successful. Aspect acknowledges the assistance we have received from Dimensions to form our Advisory Council.
The current membership of the council is: Spencer Thew, Krishna Sadhana, Jac den Houting, Elise Muller, Paul Micallef and Andrew Radcliff.