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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...

Leading Aussie’s cheer squad at the World Dwarf Games is a challenge which fills Central Coast community advocate, Maree Jenner, with plenty of pride. Maree, who is a person of short stature, will be cheering hard for around 40 Australian athletes, who’ll attend the 8th edition of the Games in Cologne, Germany later this month. ‘I’m going there as a volunteer support person, and as part of the Short Statured People of Australia,’ Maree said. ‘I’m providing administration and coordination support, but I have another important role – cheering for Australia from the stands. ‘I wanted to go and be...

Melbourne teenager Eshan Lakhani may be a great drummer, but when it comes to empowering people with a disability, he wants to be the frontman. Eshan, 13, of Glen Waverley, is the youngest person with a premium busking permit from Melbourne City Council, having held it for the past 3 years. A National Insurance Disability Scheme (NDIS) participant since 2017, Eshan lives with intellectual disability, developmental delay, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and heart issues. Through his NDIS plan, Eshan accesses speech and occupational therapies, physiotherapy and sees a psychologist. His mother, Erum, says Eshan uses these supports to foster...