A.B.L.E Abilities Beyond Life Expectations

Our first live in the studio guest, Clair Josling talks about her journey as a communication guide. 

A lot of people are talking about the deaf community, but they don't know much about it. In this episode, we'll talk about everything you need to know, what exactly a communication guide does.

As a median between two worlds, Clair discusses with us what the hearing community can learn from the deaf community. And she also reveals her superpower.

Today's guest is disabled community advocate, author and influencer Lisa Cox.

About Lisa.

Lisa Cox is an award-winning media professional, author and public speaker who is actively changing the way disability is represented in mainstream popular culture – like the media, fashion industry and more.

Lisa’s ability to objectively assess the fashion industry from both sides of the camera – as a model and a marketer. She is equally comfortable in the boardroom as she is on the runway and has uniquely fused her professional and academic media/advertising background with her lived experiences of disability.

It’s this powerful combination of insight and experience which makes Lisa a leader in conversations around diversity and inclusion.

Changing social attitudes, stopping stereotypes and rewriting the narrative around disability is what fuels Lisa’s mission to muse, educate, challenge convention and create tangible change in the way disability is represented in mainstream popular culture.

To find out more visit lisacox.co 

Today's guest is Philip Stevens.

Philip Stephens broke his neck at a Sydney surfing beach at the age of 18. After six months in hospital, he began learning to live life in a wheelchair with no use of his legs and limited use of his arms and hands. He obtained a Bachelor of Business and became an accountant for a major Australian wealth management company. He spends his holidays travelling the world and enjoys taking risks, not letting his disability get in the way of achieving some remarkable feats.

Philip has written a book, "My Lucky Break", is a seasoned keynote speaker at corporate events and often features in television, radio and newspaper interviews.

For more info about Phil visit https://www.iamphilipstephens.com/

*Remastered and Remixed*

Today's guest Dannielle Parry, from Adelaide, was born with cerebral palsy and has spina bifida. What makes her remarkable is that she is about to become a published fantasy author. Where the protagonist is disabled and is on a quest to save a magical land from a curse cast by a witch.

Today's inspirational guest is Lynda Holt, Entrepreneur and Paralympian.

Lynda was born in Perth and has been in a wheelchair since birth, went to 8 schools, left home at 14, became a foster mum at 19 for a year. She competed at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000 winning silver, then retired and built a successful NDIS business helping other disabled people, and then last year decided to get back into competitive sports and hope to make another international team with either a Paralympics, World Championship or the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

Check out more about Lynda visit http://www.lyndaholt.com.au/

Love the background music? Original track by Luke Fedele.

In today's episode, Luke chats with another of his carers Tom. He has his own struggles with multiple surgeries for a benign tumour in his brain. 

Catch Tom on his Instagram @thomas_mazza98 

Our very first episode. Where I have Shayne Thomas, my carer and nursing student in the studio to chat about all things music, motorbikes, cars and his journey immigrating from Mauritius to Australia. Without speaking a word of English.

Love the tune? Check out my music here:  https://soundcloud.com/user-449217824/solar-eclipse-prod-l-keybeats

Hi I am Luke Fedele and welcome to the A.B.L.E podcast