Feros Talks

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is growing bold and dealing with bullying and exclusion. And our guest is Yarraka Bayles, an indigenous woman who last year posted a heart-breaking video of her 9-year-old son Quaden who lives with achondroplasia saying he wanted to take his own life after being bullied.

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is growing bold as an amputee. And our guest is meningococcal survivor Mike Rolls. In this episode, we'll discover just how Mike contracted meningococcal, how he survived and how he came out the other side with a whole new perspective on life.

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is ‘Growing Bold with a Love of Music’ and our guest is Australian singer songwriter Rachael Leahcar. Rachael came third in the very first season of The Voice Australia, has release three Top 10 ARIA charting albums and is also legally blind. In this episode we find out how Rachael discovered her love of music, the struggles she had to overcome as a blind person in a seeing world and how she made it to the top of her game.

As the Founder and Principal Lawyer of Equality Lawyers, Natalie is a leader in providing premium legal advice and representation to people with disabilities and their families. In 2016, Natalie was awarded Australian Young Lawyer of the Year and South Australian Young Lawyer of the Year in recognition of her work on law reform projects that advanced the rights of people with disabilities and commitment to diversity in the legal profession. Today we talk about her love of the law, accessible education and how we can all play a part in creating more inclusive communities.

Our guest is Lisa Cox, an award winning media professional, author, public speaker and amputee. We talk with Lisa to find out how she lost her leg, her toes and her fingertips. How society started treating her differently and what living with a disability meant for her relationships and her career.

In this episode of Grow Bold with Disability we talk about pain management and our guest is Australian comedian, podcaster, writer, and television presenter Wil Anderson. Wil talks about about how he manages his chronic pain holistically, the role medical marijuana plays in his pain management plan and his goal of building a better, more inclusive future.

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is Growing Bold and Autism Spectrum Disorder, otherwise known as ASD. Our guest is 19 year old Chelseann Osborne, who last year represented Australia in sailing at the Special Olympics World Games, where she won the gold medal. And her dad, Pete Osborne, also joins us. He also appears alongside Chelseann in Feros Care’s Season Two in the Fearless Films series.

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is Growing Bold in the face of adversity and having the courage to face your fears. Our guest is Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor, Doctor Dinesh Palipana (OAM). Dr Dinesh Palipana, is founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia and has been named as Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year. In this episode we will discover just how Dinesh became a quadriplegic, the effect it had on his family, why he fled back to his native country Sri Lanka, and what drove him to come back and finish his medical degree and become a doctor.

Kevin Richard Coombs, OAM is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960. He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia. Kevin is a Wotjobaluk Elder and our guest today on Grow Bold with Disability.

In this episode we discover how Bus Stop Films came about and what changes it made to the lives of people living with disability by helping them live their best life in the entertainment industry.