This year was packed with opportunities for NEDA to develop new networks and consolidate existing ones. I feel that our small secretariat managed these challenges well as a team allowing us to raise the profile of NEDA as a principled and rights focused peak body. NEDA is very well positioned to represent the rights and interests of people from NESB with disability. It has been a privilege and a journey of growth for me to lead NEDA during an exciting time of policy openings.