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Belinda (Bel) Cini is in her second season, employed as a ‘water girl’ for the Geelong Football Club’s women’s team and the one-eyed Cats supporter can’t believe she scored her ‘dream job’. The 39-year-old NDIS participant from Torquay who has an intellectual disability said she couldn’t be happier adding it was her long-time friend Sam Moorfoot, the Geelong men’s team’s water boy who inspired her to give it a go. ‘I thought if Sam could do it for the boys, I could do it for the girls,’ Bel said proudly. Using her NDIS funding Bel engaged local disability provider Leisure...

Sydney author Desney King can’t wipe the smile off her face. She’s making a wish on a dandelion with 2-year-old granddaughter Zara, who laughs, climbs up on Desney’s wheelchair and cuddles up close to help blow the dandelion with her ‘Nan Nan’ before skipping off for a swing. ‘Zara is so affectionate, so loving, and we have so much fun together, it’s very special for me to have this time together, and special for her too,’ Desney says. It’s a perfect day with her family at Collaroy Beach playground for Desney, who has survived multiple strokes and can no longer...

Sydney disability advocate Kylie Scott’s calls for a more inclusive society are only growing stronger after speaking at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Grace is an accomplished singer and performer. Her achievements include co-starring in a 2022 West Australian Opera production. Grace, 38, has been blind since birth and was one of the first people in Perth supported through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). She has Leber’s congenital amaurosis, an inherited condition which affected the development of her eyes. She has also worked for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) for 9 years, and brings lived experience to her current technical support role. ‘I help people at work with disabilities with their assistive technologies (AT). So if they are using a screen...