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Leadership & Self-Advocacy

Moment of Me: Erin

Ezzabelle’s is my own photography business. My focus is to inspire young people in the community to follow their dreams. My favourite things to photograph are flowers and nature around...

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Access & Inclusion
Education & Employment

Moment of Me: Ellen and Inka

I got Inka in 2018, she was a spritely 18-month-old pup back then, fresh out of guide dog school. We matched well because we both like to go at a...

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Education & Employment
Youth, Children & Families

Podcast: Have you thought about a mainstream school?

Published: 5 April 2024. “Have you thought about a mainstream school?” touches on inclusive education and how it benefits both people with disability and the schooling community as a whole....

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Leadership & Self-Advocacy

Podcast: The journey to self-acceptance

Published: 1 March 2024. What happens for someone who acquires their disability? Join Lauren as she takes us on her journey of self-discovery after acquiring disability, how it completely changed...

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Multicultural Communities

Podcast: The burden of low expectations – Challenging disability stigma across cultures

Published: 2 February 2024. Have you thought about how other countries and cultures view disability? Esther takes us through her journey of battling cultural stigma around disability in Sudan, Uganda...

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Youth, Children & Families

Podcast: Rethinking the ideal parent

Published: 5 January 2024. Join Mike and Lucilla, and Mikaila and Ivy as they talk about parenting with a disability, the challenges and solutions they overcame as a family, and...

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Education & Employment
Youth, Children & Families

Podcast: Maybe I’ll just miss out – Changing the world by changing your mind

Published: 1 December 2023. Join Lily as she talks about internalised ableism, how it’s affected Lily throughout different stages of her life, and the challenge of forever trying to shape...

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Education & Employment

Moment of Me: Trish

“One of the great employment experiences I’ve had was when a manager job-carved for me when I returned to work after major spinal surgery. Before undergoing the surgery, I was...

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Education & Employment
Human Rights & Justice

Podcast: Underrepresented, undervalued, and underpaid

Breaking through employment barriers Published: 3 November 2023. Join Gavin as he takes listeners through his employment journey and what that has looked like at various stages of his career....

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Access & Inclusion

Podcast: Nice, but not really

In this episode of the Purple Orange Podcast, Jae Marie Jaensch explains some of the ways language is regularly used in ways that are harmful to the disability community. But...

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Access & Inclusion
Education & Employment

Podcast: Elephant in the Interview

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...

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Access & Inclusion
Leadership & Self-Advocacy

Video: It was there all the time

Published: June 2020 After a terrible, life-changing accident, Rod Flight reconnects with a dormant passion, but then struggles to not be boxed in by a label. When Rod was a...

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