Labelling the Disabling is a podcast hosted by Edward Birt, Chief Operating Officer from The Disability Trust and sociologist and comedian Carol Heijo.
Join Ed and Carol as they meet super interesting guests and explore the intersections between disability, human rights, social justice and the NDIS and find out how people are navigating the challenges of everyday life with a disability to get s#@! done.
This podcast is brought to you by The Disability Trust with the aim of better understanding what it is really like living with a disability in Australia today.
Episode 27 – Jerome Etteridge – Mr E – becoming the “face of autism” in Australia!
On this episode Carol and Ed meet the incredible Jerome Etteridge. Jerome is a vibrant young man on a mission to succeed at whatever he turns his mind to. At a young age he already has an impressive resume in education, sports, work and entrepreneurial pursuits. Jerome has a goal to become the “face of autism” in Australia by normalising autism and the experience of being on the spectrum. Through lots of deeply personal anecdotes we hear how Jerome uses an open approach and sense of humour to break down the barriers to inclusion. Jerome now works in the school system supporting students with autism.
Jerome welcomes interactions and conversation about disability and uses his lived experience to support others with and without disability to develop and evolve their understanding of the benefits of diversity and inclusion.
Check out Jerome’s website: Motivational Talk - JeromeEtteridge (https://jeromeetteridge.com/)
8 Jun 2023
Nick Taylor – Never make assumptions about people with disability!
In this episode Carol and Ed talk with the talented and accomplished Nick Taylor. Nick is an athlete (in basketball and golf), Executive at the Yajillara Trust, Chair of Wheelchair Sports NSW & ACT and now Director at The Disability Trust. Nick represented South Africa and Australia at the Paralympics and World Championships in basketball.
A serious car accident at the age of 18 resulted in spinal injury and paraplegia and lead Nick to re-evaluate his life and career trajectories. Nick takes us through the experience of adapting to his life post injury and his move to Australia from South Africa. Nick talks to us about his views across a range of life areas (including an interesting assessment of how the handicap scoring system in golf lends itself to inclusion through leveling the playing
field in that game).
Nick talks about the need for continued innovations in housing for people with disability and an evolution in models of support to improve outcomes for people with disability and society. Nick talks about the strengths of the NDIS as well as how it needs to continue to improve with his hopes for the outcomes of the NDIS Review to bring us to a self-directed funding model that encourages, supports and incentivises people to use their funding to achieve outcomes.
Nick on Wikipedia: Nick Taylor (basketball) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Taylor_(basketball))
NDIS Review Website: Working together to deliver the NDIS | NDIS Review (https://www.ndisreview.gov.au/)
14 Dec 2022
Dr Ben Gauntlett: Shaping the disability landscape
In this episode Carol and Ed meet with the Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Ben Gauntlett. Ben talks about his life journey having experienced a spinal cord injury as a teenager and how that shaped who he is and informed his life choices and decisions (including his decision to swim 22km from Perth to Rottnest Island!). Ben has had a huge impact on human rights for people with disability in Australia and in his current role has a strong focus on housing and employment. Ben stresses the importance of a culture that supports an appetite for inclusion and articulates the benefit of good inclusive employment practices creating workplaces are dynamic where employees thrive and do their best work. Ben explains how “Employment [for people with disability] is the by-product of a disability policy system that works well” and as a result needs to be a strong focus for any successful disability policy. The benefits of policy settings such as a mandated accessibility requirement for the national construction code in Australia are discussed combined with the need for a more sophisticated approach to measuring the benefits of investing in good disability policy.
· Link to the AHRC IncludeAbility website: https://includeability.gov.au/ (https://includeability.gov.au/)
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