The Burden of Low Expectations; Challenging Disability Stigma Across Cultures: Esther Simbi

This audio-story featuring Esther Simbi was produced by Carey Scheer, for the Purple Orange Podcast and is re-shared with permission. Purple Orange is an organisation whose mission is to create a fair world for people with disability. Esther Simbi speaks to Carey Scheer. Esther contracted polio as…

Challenging Perceptions of Disabilty: Imi

Imi speaks with Rebecca about the intersections of culture, and perceptions of disability. Imi shares the message of moving away from a "cure based" approach to disability and speaks about their experiences of navigating work and study. Imi has proudly graduated with two university degrees, and h…

Changing the Landscape of Sickle Cell Advocacy: Agnes Nsofwa

Global Health Advocate & Advocacy Consultant, Agnes Nsofwa speaks with Ruhee Meghani about a rare blood condition. Agnes was motivated to establish an organisation to advocate for Sickle Cell, after her youngest daughter was diagnosed.  Transcript Available Here. More information: https://agesns…

ADHD Diagnosis as an Adult: Yusra Metwally

Yusra Metwally, shares her experience of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. Content Advisory: Discussion of Eating Disorder / Disoredered Eating from 16 minutes.  For help and support contact Butterfly Foundation Australia 1800 33 46 73  Transcript Available Here.  Produced by Aamon Sayed: …

Arts for Well-Being and Mental Health : Rupa Parthasarathy

Mental wellness is as crucial as our physical wellness. There is no second alternative to that. Our guest - Rupa Parthasarathy is the founder of Mindkshetra and is a bicultural storyteller. Rupa is a mum of 2 young people and is a mental health advocate on a mission to nurture life stories using c…

Parenting a Child with a Disability: Maria Zarkovic

Being the parent of a child with disability is no easy task. Our guest - Maria Zarkovic is the proud mother of two boys and is now a proud grandmother of a little girl. Maria's younger son suffers from a rare disease known as 'Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum' and he was detected when he was 3 year…

Can Diabetes Be Prevented?: Mubina Jamdar

Diabetes is one of those diseases that is slowly cropping in almost every household, irrespective of age and race. But, can diabetes be prevented? Mubina Jamdar is an accredited practising dietitian and a philanthropist. She is the founder of a not-for-profit organisation called 'Diabetes Hub Mul…

Women and Hair Loss - Ishita Kumar

A woman is always judged by her external characteristics, even in the 21st century. Women who do not adhere to the societal norms of 'beautiful' are often deemed as an outcast and are judged by one and all. On that note, we spoke with Ishita Kumar who shared her experience of dealing with hair los…

Using Arts for Mental Health: Gurvinder Kaur

Mental health and associated therapy is an often ignored topic as it comes with a lot of stigma associated with itself. On that note, we speak with Gurvinder Kaur who uses the medium of arts as therapy for mental health. Gurvinder is a South-Asian migrant woman working in the mental health sector …

The relevance of talking about Sexual Health : Dr Pravati Panigrahi

Dr Pravati Panigrahi is a Medical professional with special interest  in creating awareness on  Mental Health and Domestic violence in communities. As the Founder & Director of Pink Umbrella International,an ACNC regd  public charity(Aus), and as an academics from  University of Sydney in Human rig…