Katie is the mother of Chelsea, a young woman with Prader Willi Syndrome. Katie talks about her parenting experience, what Chelsea has taught her, and how literally everyone benefits from the learnings that disability brings. Katie has an infectious enthusiasm and energy and focuses on the positives of disability and the developments that the NDIS has brought to her life and provides many tips regarding her approach to successful parenting and creating a life of zero stress.

Vote for Paul! In this episode Paul talks about his journey from Merimbula to Macquarie Street, his work with the Disability of Council of NSW, his perspectives on the challenges for people with disability in regional Australia and his passion for politics and world affairs.

In this episode Dee talks about her journey to becoming a mum with disability, defying her own and others expectations, attitudes and judgements of what she could achieve to start a family and raise a child. Dee is focused on achieving her dreams of a great family life and is open to the opportunities that come her way. No spoilers here, but we can assure you that she has quite a story to tell!

Sam Maloney the sit down comedian talks with Ed about his upcoming gig as MC of the Your Voice Your Choice Self Advocacy Conference and talks about the great outcomes as well as the hurdles he has experienced on his NDIS journey.

Carol and Ed interview Shannon Lalor, a descendant of the Eureka Stockade, about his experiences as a man with an intellectual disability and mental health challenges. Shannon gives valuable insights into how we can better understand each other to end discrimination and how people need to stop judging people before they even know anything about them.

Carol and Ed meet Dr Shooshi Dreyfus who explains how words are not needed to communicate, introduces us to signs, symbols and semiotics and details how her non-verbal son, Bodhi, communicates and how this inspired her own research.

In this episode Carol interviews her co-host Ed to discuss the thinking behind the podcast, to understand the social model of disability and to explore what is disabling people in Australia today.