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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...

In 1974 Kate Watkins got her first Seeing Eye dog, a moment she’ll never forget. She finished high school on the Friday and the following Monday, she was at Lady Nelson Seeing Eye Dogs being matched with Troika, a 2-year-old golden labrador. Since then Kate, who is legally blind, has had a further 7 Seeing Eye dogs – Abbey, Letice, Quarry, Qiana, Selwood, Clayton and now Kramer, her first fully funded Seeing Eye dog through the NDIS. ‘I’ve had a really good experience with the NDIS,’ Kate said. ‘The funding assists to maintain Kramer’s high level working standards and his...

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 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 reader or other AT...

Thursday Island Torres Strait Islander Charlie Kris lights up when he talks about all the equipment he has to improve his home, school and community access. Living remotely with most buildings built high up on stilts, the 14-year-old wheelchair user, who has spina bifida, found it hard to get into parts of his home, school and community. Using his NDIS funding, Charlie engaged local disability provider, My Pathway. Now he has all the equipment and support he needs to access his home, school and community and the bubbly teenager couldn’t be happier. ‘One of the best things I have is...