Disability Talk

OC Connections is a specialised disability support provider who work with people living with disability to help them find a home, live well within their home, achieve their goals, enjoy different activities, find and keep employment and spend time with new people and old friends. General Manager of Independence and Community Living, Laurelle Edwards joins me to talk about the way in which the supports provided focusses on supporting people living with disability when they want, where they want and how they want.

Founded in 2009, Blue Roo Theatre Company is a not for profit independent production company, who provide an important link between the disability community, the performing arts sector and the broader community, in that all performers in their productions have a disability. Dale Johnson is the secretary, and joins me on this episode to explain more.

In this episode, I chat with Cheryl Drury from First Step Solutions about their Date-Ability program, which helps people on the NDIS, recognise and implement the skills required to find meaningful relationships, and to keep them safe in the process.

In this episode, Daz chats to Shayne about his successful completion of the RadioVoice Radio & Podcasting Skills Building Program.

A special double edition of the podcast as I chat with Michelle Beech, CEO of DPS Publishing, who produce the Disability Support Guide which provides information about disability support options, what to consider and how to get the best support for your needs and circumstances. Plus, I catch up with a good friend of mine, Jess Connelly, and chat about work, bowling, cooking and a big announcement she made earlier this year.

Elena Ladlow, an Occupational Therapist with Superbia Allied Health, joins me on this episode to chat about PEERS -the next step to learning the social skills required to be a confident, happy and engaging person that everyone will want to hang out with.

On this episode, I chat with Alyssa McIntyre, the NDIS Support Unit Coordinator with Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (ADEC) - specialists in supporting people from ethnic backgrounds, and empowering people living with a disability or who are frail, their families and carers.

The Stroke Safe program, which is funded by Stroke Foundation, sends volunteers out to speak to community groups or work places to talk about stroke. They usually have a close personal connection to stroke, which means the info they give is authentic – their lived experience, what they have learned on their own journey etc. Toni Arfaras joins me to explain more about the program.

On this episode, I chat with Patricia Vo from Access Touch, the only on-demand, practical, intimate resource in Australia, and is designed to reduce the stigma of shame and embarrassment around the topic of sexual health. They support carers and therapists to safely encourage the development of intimacy skills for people with disability and sexual trauma survivors. 

In this episode I chat with the Jen Munson-Montanez, the Marketing & Sales Manager with Otao Kitchen, who offer the best cooking classes in Melbourne. Making healthy food choices shouldn’t be difficult. Joining one of their master classes in Melbourne, you will learn how to make fresh, healthy meals and have a great time while you’re at it!