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WA NDIS participant and former paramedic, Claire Kennelly, has always been the first to help others, particularly in times of tragedy or pain, including as a first responder to the terrorist attacks in New York, on September 11, 2001.

And in honour of World Cerebral Palsy Day on Wednesday, October 6, a day where the World comes together to support some 17 million living with CP like Stefan, the gun clay shooter from South Australia is proud to take a shot at celebrating his achievements, and those of many others.

Thornbury NDIS participant Kira Young said her NDIS funding has changed her life, providing more opportunities to access supports and equipment than ever before, while also supporting her to attain her teaching degree. Kira, 25, who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis, along with glaucoma and uveitis causing low vision, said when she was younger, her parents tried to provide what they could but additional supports or equipment were costly. Now an NDIS participant, Kira can access all the supports and equipment she needs through a range of disability organisations like Guide Dogs Victoria and Vision Australia, who can help her build...

At six, he was scuba-diving in Bali. By 12, he was representing Victoria in wheelchair basketball. Now 19, East Brighton actor, model, para-athlete and disability advocate Oliver Pizzey Stratford has become the first wheelchair user with a disability to appear in Australia’s iconic TV show, Neighbours.

For NDIS participant, Michael Ambyrum, a deep love of country and sharing his culture forms a determination at the heart of everything he does.

Paralympian and swimmer Braedan will be reaching for Commonwealth Games gold when the NDIS participant represents Australia in the 50m freestyle s13. While it will be his first Commonwealth Games due to the classification being offered for the first time, Braedan has represented Australia in 2 Paralympics, the most recent in Tokyo where he had his best result in the men’s 400m freestyle s13 placing 4th. The 24-year-old Sunshine Coast local began swimming at 8, and started as a nipper in Surf Life Saving around the same time as he was diagnosed with cone-rod dystrophy. Braeden – who is legally...

Swim star on track for future in and out the pool