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Anne-Marie Beranger joined the NDIS as a participant in 2018 – and liked it so much she decided to become an NDIS plan manager.

Employment can be meaningful and rewarding for everyone. The community awareness campaign, ‘Discover Micro Enterprise – Exploring the Possibilities Project’ is funded through an Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) grant with the Department of Social Services (DSS). Community Living Project has launched an 18-month campaign in South Australia to spread the word about the benefits of micro enterprise employment for people with significant disabilities. “The first question people often ask is ‘What do you do?’” said Project Leader Helen Neale. “We want to give people a dignified answer to that question.” CLP’s Micro Enterprise Project (MEP) supports NDIS participants...

Horse riding is in Noella Angel’s blood. Her father was a professional who qualified for two Olympic teams, while her mother is a lifelong rider and now instructor. Noella, 27, was diagnosed with arterial vascular malformation as a child, also known as Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, which affects the development of blood vessels, soft tissues and bones. For Noella, it’s impacted the mobility of her right leg, spending the last 17 years of her life on crutches. As she went through her younger years and into adulthood, enduring treatment and over 100 embolisations, horse riding was the constant in her life. “Horse...