The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Connecting to community, peer support

The event started by explaining what peer support means: it is about people who have similar lived experiences connecting and sharing with each other.

We then discussed the benefits of peer support including emotional support, building confidence, sharing information, and creating a sense of belonging.

Guest speakers Rose-Ann and Romeo shared a great conversation about their work with Positive Powerful Parents (PPP). PPP is a self-advocacy group run by, and for, parents with intellectual disability that provides peer support. 

We heard a presentation from Dr Qian Fang about her work researching people from diverse backgrounds. Dr Qiang Fang also had a conversation with David Yang about his peer support work in the Chinese community. They talked about the language and cultural barriers in accessing support.

This episode was produced by Powered Media and Vision Australia for The Disability Dialogue in 2025