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REVEALING OUR NEXT HOST OF ListenABLE Kids!

Emily Prior

Disability Advocate, Model, Actress and Influencer Emily Prior isn’t wasting any time when it comes to Disability Representation for young Australians. She is using her platform to educate and inform her young audience about her lived experience with Cerebral Palsy.

Dylan and Angus have been warned as Emily could be a threat to their jobs...

Make sure you're subscribed to hear Emily interview two young adults with disability on the next episode of ListenABLE

Contact and follow Emily here:

https://linktr.ee/emilyjprior_

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The ListenABLE Podcast family is getting BIGGER! 

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"I think we are a long way to the hearing world fully embracing myself and other deaf artists"

A picture paints a thousand words but Gonketa’s art pieces share his identity through his first language ‘Auslan' in hopes to excite and inspire his audience to learn to sign. In this episode Jaycob Campbell a.k.a Gonketa (an onomatopoeia of a ball in a spray can) tells his story of identity and inclusion when it comes to the hearing art world and why he is so passionate about the next generation of Deaf artists.
Jaycob talks about his initial resistance going into the art world and confrontation of attending a University that made accessibility difficult. Jaycob talks about his personal experience with his Deaf Identity and his connection/exposure to Deaf Culture from a young age.

Join us for our conversation with Jaycob as he teaches us secrets of the Deaf community including how to avoid being arrested by the police.

Follow Jaycob's instagram

https://www.instagram.com/gonketa_/?hl=en

Get in contact with him:

[email protected]

Check out his art and story on his website:

https://www.gonketa.com/

Watch this video with captions and AUSLAN

https://youtu.be/awBf5leogFQ

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Fourteen Australians representing the disability community headed to New York City with the Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth attending the 16th Session of the United Nations Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Ahead of the event held at the United Nations Headquarters from 13 to 15 June 2023 Dylan Alcott and Angus O'Loughlin spoke with Amanda to talk about its significance and it's involvement with delegations from countries that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Amanda also answers your hard hitting questions sent in to us:

• Why did Amanda decide to take on a portfolio including disability
• Worrying about the next generations disability employment opportunities
• Disability support pensions mean testing and applications

Watch our reaction to this episode on our YouTube where this episode is fully captioned:

https://youtu.be/Pf6oAIGJDLQ

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After discovering AI image creators ListenABLE host Angus O'Loughlin thought a prompt of "two males in their 30's hosting a podcast, one in a wheelchair" would be an interesting concept!

'The larger discussion came to be around AI bias towards gender and exclusivity rather than the 6 fingers on 'Dylan's' right hand.

What do you think? Is AI as dangerous as everyone says it is? What impact is it or will it have on your life?

Check out our YouTube where this episode is fully captioned here:

https://youtu.be/JSiFw28vxI0

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Is this the most expensive sport??

At a young age Emma Booth was lucky enough to win free horse riding lessons for a year and never looked back, putting her heart and soul into the sport.

In 2013 on the way back from a competition Emma's car was hit by a truck on the Melba Highway which caused spinal injury and would change the trajectory of her life but also lead to her representing her country. Emma embarked on a new goal of becoming a Paralympian in time for the 2016 Rio Games travelling all over the world to find the perfect horse, Emma’s long journey of finding the perfect 4 legged partner resulted in a trip ten minutes down the dirt road at home.

Today on track for the Paris 2024 Games, Emma shares the highs and lows participating in the sport not only physically but mentally, the criticism of her sport on social media and the financial investment of her chosen career.

Find Emma here:

https://www.instagram.com/emmabooth_paraequestrian/?hl=en

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https://youtu.be/S72bGQS3soc

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The AFL’s recent twitter campaign using Alt Text had the intention of a fun inside joke ended up being a misuse of technology that impacts people who are blind or low vision.

Our hosts Dylan and Angus have a conversation of the education of this technology not only for reaching the intended audience while still having a fun message.

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How do you design clothes when you're visually impaired?

Is what you "see" conveyed to the customer? 

Nikki Hind has made it her mission to change what fashion represents all over the world by creating a conversation through fabrics.

Having a stroke during her first pregnancy, Nikki lost majority of her eyesight and on this episode of ListenABLE discusses taking on a career that traditionally relies on visual aesthetic and a vision for minuet perfection. Her goal remains of achieving success as a "good designer" without the tokenistic narrative that can be easily placed on disability "not just a good blind designer".

Get an insight into the future of fashion through Nikki’s eyes and watch her break down the barriers of 'prestige' in an elite society by making fashion not just accessible to people with disability but accessible to every body.

Find Nikki here:

Website: https://www.blindgrit.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikki_hind/

Check out this video on YouTube fully captioned:

https://youtu.be/ZVqKecpPFGU

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With 3 million followers on TikTok, the Paralympics have gone viral with an ‘edgy’ sense of humour but is it doing more harm than good?

Dylan and Angus discuss the intention of the social media account and as a former Paralympian, Dylan shares his truth on where the account should stand.

Article to the Feed: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/official-paralympics-tiktok-account-is-under-fire-for-being-insensitive-to-disabled-paralympians/gaz8sp9uu

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https://youtu.be/prHfZMGfWLc

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Brad Smeele wrote 500,000 words for his book 'Owning It' USING HIS MOUTH AND A STYLUS! If that isn't a story worth telling then we don't know what is!

9 years after his accident on the water Brad stands 6ft 2 inches, this joke will make sense in the episode, tall today after learning to love himself for who he is.

Make sure you stick around to see the AI generated image of Brad after he gives us a very boastful description of how he physically describes himself today.

Brad's socials:

https://www.instagram.com/bradsmeele/?hl=en

Book Brad to speak at your events:

https://essentialtalent.co.nz/talent/brad-smeele

Buy his book "Owning It"

https://www.booktopia.com.au/owning-it-brad-smeele/book/9781988547275.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpPKiBhDvARIsACn-gzBkNgcwvsWmWYq-NusOeaEwu_0_j8C29TePyrkxQThqebMimmEnJdkaAmuHEALw_wcB

Read a 5min water safety information that could save yours or someone else life!

https://royallifesavingwa.com.au/your-community/your-safety/first-aid/suspected-spinal-injury-in-water

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https://youtu.be/pusJaAAw_PE

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