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Peter Dempsey’s career is going from strength to strength. And he’s helping disability service providers improve, positively impacting the disability sector. With support from the NDIS, Peter draws on his own experiences of disability, adversity, and rehabilitation, to help individuals and organisations achieve their full potential. At 4 years old Peter had an unexplained stroke that left him unable to walk and talk. The right side of his body became paralysed, limiting his ability to move and communicate. ‘I was stubborn as hell to get out of the wheelchair,’ Peter says. ‘I decided early on that no one was going...

When leaving school unsure of which path to follow in life, Jonathan White just knew he wanted to give himself a sporting chance.

As a new mum, Chelsea Thomas is so grateful for all the supports she’s received from Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA), disability provider EACH and the NDIS. It’s all helped to give son Harvey, now 2, the best start in life. ‘I feel lucky we were surrounded by all the right people,’ she said. The Wollondilly Shire mum said within 24 hours of Harvey’s birth he was in Liverpool Hospital’s newborn intensive care unit (NICU). ‘Harvey had haemorrhaged. He needed a blood transfusion, then he started having atonic seizures. As first-time parents it was so scary.’ A brain scan confirmed stroke...

Melbourne mum Nicole Boothby says NDIS early intervention supports have helped her 6-year-old son Wyatt so much he’s now ready and excited to be starting his first year of school.