Dorothy Armstrong

Adviser and Peer Support Worker
Centre for Innovative Justice - RMIT University

Dorothy has worked at the Centre for Innovative Justice for over 10 years as a lived experience advisor and peer mentor. She works extensively across the disability and criminal justice sectors with a range of stakeholders and provides advice on issues relating to people with disability involved in the criminal justice system. As part of the research team Dorothy provides lived experience analysis of CIJ research data and provides a vital perspective on experiences of criminalisation and the harms caused by criminal justice systems.

Dorothy is an experienced public speaker and has developed a strong reputation for representing a lived experience perspective in high level policy and practice discussions. Dorothy is well known for her work in disability advocacy and for telling difficult stories with enormous impact. In 2018 Dorothy received a Victorian Disability Award for her advocacy work for people with acquired brain injury involved in the criminal justice system.