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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Shownotes: Open Future Learning video - Person-Centered vs System-Centered, DSC newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠DSC Website⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠DSC training

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?

TRANSCRIPTDSC newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠DSC Website⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠DSC training

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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SHOWNOTES: The Disability Trust, ⁠⁠DSC newsletter⁠⁠, ⁠DSC Website⁠, ⁠DSC training

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

This week we chat with Louise Yabsley, director of Watt Advocacy on her unique style of lobbying and what's at the heart of influencing change. And we have our very own Sara Gingold debuting as co-host!

TRANSCRIPT, Watt Advocacy & Communications, DSC Website, DSC training

Evie and Roland chat to journalist, Paralympian and our 2023 conference emcee extraordinaire, Elizabeth Wright on the role of media and its potential to shift perceptions of disability.

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http://www.elizabethwright.net and https://www.abc.net.au/news/elizabeth-wright/13829922

Social Media - Twitter: @esioul

LinkedIn: ElizabethWright

Instagram: ElizabethLWright

This episode we speak with Dr Ben Gauntlett on being a person with disability in his role as Commissioner, and his thoughts on the future of the NDIS.

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SHOWNOTES: humanrights.gov.au, Dr Ben Gauntlett on Twitter, Disability Discrimination area of the Commission website

DSC's Annual NDIS Conference⁠ DSC newsletter, DSC Website, DSC training

This episode Evie speaks with activist, writer, and presenter, Elly Desmarchelier. The ladies go deep into what real inclusion looks like and how on a cultural level, we all have the power to ignite the fire for change.

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SHOWNOTES: ellydesmarchelier.com, Elly's episode on the Commons Conversations Podcast with El Gibbs - 'Insights from Disability Campaigning'