Video: The Power of Peer

Gavin Burner interviews three Our Voice SA Peer Group members. They share what Our Voice SA is and how it's changed their life for the better.

Video Transcript

 

[Gavin] Thank you for letting me in your house today. We are going to do some recording about a peer group, Our VOICE SA.

Are you happy with that?

 

[Tiffany] Yes I am happy with that. 

 

[Gavin] Ok I guess the first thing, what is a peer group?

 

[Ian] Bunch of people with intellectual disabilities right, meet around the place, talk about their issues and all that, their life stories. 

 

[Tiffany] And we also talk about advocacy issues, and how to make the government understand. 

 

[Libby] They make new friends.

 

[Tiffany] And they’re friends for life. 

 

[Ian] What you get being part of peer group, you learn stuff, and you get skilled at it.

 

[Tiffany] It’s opened a wealth of information up. 

 

[Libby] And also gave me the knowledge that I have rights.

 

[Gavin] I am part of the Our Voice SA, and if gives me a lot of confidence to be who I am. Do you think that being part of a peer group will give you confidence?

 

[Ian] In a peer group, a lot of people are coming out of their shells. What I’ve got out of being in a peer group, you know why? See the joy in people starting to speak up. 

 

[Tiffany] Yes it has made me very confident in myself. It has also helped me um live independently. 

 

I remember coming home and saying to my dad that I want to move out. Yeah.

 

[Libby] Before I joined Our Voice SA, I didn’t have any confidence at all. Now I have a lot of confidence. I love that because I do public speaking now.

 

[Gavin] So I think the peer group has educate me that just because you got a disability that doesn’t stop you from following your dreams. And I see you are following your dreams.

Thanks again for today. I will sign,  sign off now. I am Gavin Burner. Bye Bye.

 

[Credits:]

 

We thank the interviewees. In order of appearance:

Libby Crawford

Ian Cummins

Tiffany Littler

 

[Credits continue]

 

Reporter and sound - Gavin Burner

Camera and editor - Carey Scheer

Camera assistance -Alison Vivian

Music- - Pinkzebra

 

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To get in touch with Our Voice go to the website: www.ourvoicesa.org.au or their facebook page: Our Voice SA, Or ring 08 0837 8327