Bought to you by Kiss Professional Solutions, Inclusions Talks Podcast, we welcome Mandy Mason, who will talk about the journey her daughter Juliette “JUJU” Mason has had to be Included in sport for people with a disability. We will chat  about the recent Australian Athletics National Championships and the difficulties Juju faced to be able to complete her events, and we will also talk about Juju’s Café, an inspirational café ran by Juliette that shows that people with a disability can achieve their dreams and also engage and grow in a mainstream world.

Thanks to Kiss Professional Solutions, this week's episode of the Inclusion Talks Podcast, we welcome 4-time Paralympian, 7-time Paralympic Medalist, Commonwealth Games Representative, Inclusion champion, and Coach extraordinaire Richard Colman.

We will delve into the background of Para Sport, some of Richard’s incredible life experiences, coaching, the Paralympic Games and everything in between.

Importantly, we will also discuss how Richard supports the championing and growth of inclusion for children with disabilities in sport.

We hope you enjoy our latest episode. 

Our new season two introductory episode talks about health, current sporting issues (not just para sport) ,our upcoming guests, and much more! Thanks to Kiss Professional Solutions 

For the next three months, our Inclusion Talks Podcast will feature elite athletes, up-and-coming superstars, coaches, administrators and parents who are beginning their para sport journeys.

Join Dan Lonergan and myself each week from mid-May to hear the stories behind the people that make para sport what it is today and what they hope it will become. 

Today’s guest is simulcast on both podcasts for Aussie home Loans inclusion Talks and dashing dan’s Olympic Adventures.Amanda Shalala is an esteemed sports broadcaster, journalist and producer with ABC TV Sport.She has covered four Paralympics including the winter games in Sochi and the Olympic Games in London and Paris this year.She will also cover the Paris Paras about to start and here is her Journey.

On Episode 12 of our Inclusion Talks Podcast, we welcome Sydney-based Wheelchair Athlete and Coach, Julie Charlton.

Julie is a multiple international Australian Athletics Representative, having competed at the Commonwealth Games, Oceania Championships and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation championships

Turning her hand to coaching at 15 years of age, She was the 2019 Sport NSW Youth Coach of the Year.

Off the track, Julie is a Human Rights Activist, Public Speaker, a Proud Volunteer, and a trailblazer for building inclusion in Para Sport and Equality and Inclusion for people with a disability. We hope you enjoy today’s episode sponsored by Aussie Home Loans 

This week, thanks to Aussie Home Loans, our Inclusion Talks Podcast welcomes Para Swimmer and former Able-Bodied Bodybuilder, Brooke Cotter.

Brooke is a current multiple state record holder in Para swimming for her classification, she is also a proactive supporter of mental health awareness

Brooke’s amazing determination to do her best, be her best, and most of all, to experience life the best way that she can, is an inspiration. 

We hope you enjoy today’s episode 11.

Today on Inclusion Talks we welcome grassroots administrator, Para/All Abilities inclusion in sport advocate and Albury Little Athletics Centre Secretary,  Elisabeth Ryan.

A passionate believer in the benefits of Para sports and also about how good officiating, governance and coaching can benefit athletes with a disability, we talk all things sport and chat about the difficulties that come from not only living in a regional area but also accessing opportunities to be the best sportsperson (both able bodied and para) possible.

Thanks to Aussie Home Loans - www.aussie.com.au

Today on Inclusion Talks, thanks to Aussie Home Loans, we welcome Para Matilda and Paralympian Tamsin Colley,  

Tamsin is the current Australian Female Footballer of the Year and was the youngest Paralympic Athlete in Australia.

Tamsin is a proud and passionate advocate for sports inclusion for people with a disability, giving much of her free time to support the promotion of cerebral palsy and autism in sports.

Today we take time to talk about her hopes and dreams, future career goals and where she sees the future of inclusion. 

Today on our Inclusion Talks Podcast, we welcome Emma Mickle, an up-and-coming talented para cyclist, Emma’s life changed course after a horrific accident in 2020 left her paraplegic. 

We will talk about that accident, the journey to regain her career as a paramedic, the pathway to finding her freedom, and the resilience it took to find herself again, we also chat about her inner strength, her strong desire to help those organisations that supported her in the darkest days of her life, and most of all, her future hopes and goals.