Disability Done Different: Candid Conversations

Today, we’re going to look at a little concept called choice & control. Ever heard of it? 

This is our last episode of the series (sad, we know), but we couldn’t say goodbye without talking about the principles at the heart of the NDIS. In this episode, Sara speaks to people with disability about the distinction between choice and control, and how NDIS workers can support people to sit in the driver's seats of their own lives.

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Great communication is integral to the provision of high-quality disability supports– but we’re guessing you already knew that. 

In this episode of Frontline, we go beyond why good communication matters. Instead, we focus on the practicalities of how providers and support workers can level up their communication skills. 

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We all take risks and want to be the boss of our own lives. But how can providers and support workers strike a balance between supporting people to take risks and meeting their duty of care obligations? 

In this episode of Frontline, Sara speaks to people with disability about the value of risk-taking and the mindset shift from asking ‘Is this safe?’ to ‘How do we make it safe?’

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There are few questions in disability supports more contentious than this: Can support workers be friends with the people they support, or does this cross a boundary? 

In this episode of Frontline, we talk to people with disability about the relationships they like to have with their support workers and offer tips for NDIS providers wading through the nuance.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Frontline! The podcast for support workers and service providers wanting to level up the quality of support they provide and be guided by people with disability about how to do it. 

This episode is all about resetting the dial on the term ‘person-centred support.’ Cause if those words are currently enough to make your eyes glaze over- then babe, you’re not alone. Turns out when a phrase gets used a trillion times a day, it starts to lose all meaning. Who knew? 

But today, we’re all about transforming person-centred support from jargonful to meaningful. As Sara chats to people with disability about how providers and support workers can create services to support the person, rather than trying to fit the person into the system.

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Presenting: The premiere episode of Don’t F This Up

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Don’t F This Up is a podcast where host Sara Gingold speaks to people with disability about what they like (and don’t like) in the provision of disability supports, in order to help providers and support workers, well, not F This Up. 

We thought we’d start with one of the most juicy topics there is: Can support workers be friends with the people they support, or does this cross a boundary?

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In this episode, Roland is joined by Rhonda Galbally and Sam Paior to reflect on the profound influence John Walsh AM had on the disability sector as an actuary, advocate, and unsung architect of the NDIS.

Kicking off 2024 with Michael Bink of Ability Roundtable, exploring the human aspect of data and the potential for a stronger NDIS 2.0 by fostering broader collaboration within the sector.

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This episode we speak with Alice Patten, First Nations advocate and parent of a child with a disability and Carol Berry, CEO of Disability Trust on their collaborative journey to  foster an environment where cultural safety thrives at every level of disability care and service provision.

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This episode Evie and Sara speak with Dli's CEO Christina Ryan discussing how bringing disabled people into the top jobs will shift long-held perceptions and create momentum in the sector.

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SHOWNOTES: Disability Leadership Institute, Dli's National Leadership Awards, DSC newsletter⁠, DSC Website, DSC training