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NDIS Participant Song’s love of dogs sparked the idea for a rewarding and successful business that is hitting all the right notes for very happy Sunshine Coast canines and their owners.

Talk to Rutherford NDIS participant, Sam Procter and you’ll hear how proud he is about his new role, employed one day a week at KBA Facilities and Maintenance, part of the Kingston Group, a large Newcastle commercial and residential construction company. Now the 24-year-old, who has a learning delay, a receptive and expressive language disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is working with a team who understand his conditions, and he’s being taught valuable building and social skills. “I hope if I keep working hard it will lead to more hours or even full-time work,” Sam said. “I really...

“The supports the NDIS has funded means Caedan can express himself now,” Sandra said.

A mild intellectual disability hasn’t stopped Ballarat NDIS participant, Courtney McLelland from finding work. Now, with the help of APM Employment Services, she’s conducting weekend tours at Ballarat’s Botanical Gardens.

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.

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.