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We are a social profit organisation on a mission to create a world where people who live with disability have a fair go at what life has to offer.

New video for Our Voice SA

Gavin Burner learned to make podcasts at Purple Orange. Now he makes content for Our Voice SA, a peer group for people living with intellectual disability that he is a member of.

Check out his most recent interview with their Chairman, Ian Cummins. They talk about peer support, fair work and finding your voice!

Find a transcript of this video here

We Acknowledge And Pay Our Respects To First Australians

We want to see a world where everyone is included, respected and gets a fair go in life. We can't get there without acknowledging that our office sits on the land of the Kaurna people. Like people living with disability, we recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people continue to experience inequality and division. We want them to know we are their allies. We believe their culture, history, diversity and deep connection to the land deserves our highest respect.

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A Moment for Ann Marie

In April 2021, we dedicated all stories in our storytelling project, "A Moment of Me", to remember Ann Marie Smith. She may be gone but not forgotten. These stories are a reminder of what we need to do as a society to work towards a better future for all people living with disability.

The Purple Orange Podcast: Nice, but not really

You would never go around slinging out disability slurs. The last thing you want is to cause harm with your words. You would like to be an ally to the disability community, or perhaps you consider yourself one already. But even friends, family members, advocates and disability workers sometime get things wrong. In this episode of The Purple Orange Podcast, Jae Marie Jaensch guides us through things people commonly say that they think are nice, but often aren't received that way.

What is Our Voice SA?

We made this video to show off the life-changing work of Our Voice SA, a self-advocacy group run by and for people with intellectual disability.

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After graduating from her accounting degree, Daniella Biagi really struggled to get a job. She had no problem getting to the interview stage. But she said there was always an elephant in the room that no one wanted to talk about.

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A MOMENT OF ME

Rissa

This is an excerpt about dating when you have an invisible disability, by Rissa. You can read the full post on her Instagram blog.

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One thing about invisible illness, especially before I was comfortable using mobility aids, is that you can’t see it. So people would be interested in me but then my chronic illnesses can be a deal breaker for some people. Or their reactions are a deal breaker for me!

I’m always open about it first because although people want to seem nice and say it’s no big deal, I can usually tell it is. Ableism is hard to hide.

I’ve had people tell me they hoped I was lying about having fibromyalgia or exaggerating how much it affected my life. But then they would see behind the scenes and run for the hills.

One person even told me they didn’t see how I could be a good mother one day given my condition.

Please don’t ever put up with remarks like this! Not everyone is going to get it and possess the understanding we need. But hold out for those amazing friends and lovers that embrace every aspect of you.

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