Thank you and Merry Christmas - A message from Peta

This is a short Christmas message to say thank you for listening to The I Can’t Stand Podcast this year. The show will be taking a brief break over the holidays and will return on Tuesday the sixth of January. If you’d like to give the podcast a little Christmas present, a rating or review would m…

Redefining Blindness: Lucy Edwards on Disability, Beauty, and IVF

Lucy Edwards is a broadcaster, journalist, and one of the most recognisable blind content creators in the world. In this episode, she opens up about losing her sight at 17, building a career online, and why she proudly says, “I love being blind now.” We talk about the grief of going blind, how she…

Being Bed Bound and Living With an Energy-Limiting Illness: Amelia Tang’s Story

In this episode, Peta speaks with model, actor and advocate Amelia Tang about what life looks like when illness reshapes everything. Amelia shares their experience of becoming disabled as a teenager, the long periods they spent bedbound, and how community kept them connected when they could barely …

From Iron Lung to Icon: Honouring Ed Roberts with Professor Scot Danforth

Ed Roberts is often called the father of the independent living movement, but many people have never heard his story. This week, I’m joined by Professor Scot Danforth, author of An Independent Man, to explore Ed’s life, from contracting polio at fourteen and living in an iron lung, to becoming a ke…

Grace Spence Green: The Doctor Living the Social Model of Disability

Grace Spence Green was a medical student when a man jumped from a height in a shopping centre and landed on her, causing a spinal cord injury that left her paralysed from the chest down. In this conversation, Grace speaks openly about the moment her life changed, the long road through hospital and…

Clare Reilly on Wheelchair Meets Wilderness and her Accessible Outdoor Adventure

When Clare Reilly was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2017, she thought her days of outdoor adventure might be behind her. But the lifelong outdoors lover, podcaster, and mum is preparing to take on something extraordinary; a 1,072-kilometre ride along Western Australia’s Munda Biddi Trail usi…

Paralympian and Advocate Don Elgin on Building an Inclusive NDIS

In this episode, Paralympian, author, and advocate Don Elgin joins Peta to explore what true connection means within the NDIS and beyond. After representing Australia at three Paralympic Games and winning four medals, Don turned his focus to advocacy. As Head of Events at One Community, he now lea…

How Toyota & Remarkable Are Powering the Future of Disability Tech With Pete Horsley

In this episode, Pete Horsley, Founder of Remarkable, the disability-tech accelerator powered by Cerebral Palsy Alliance, joins Peta to explore how technology, innovation, and lived experience are reshaping the future of accessibility. Over the past decade, Pete and his team have supported more th…

What the World Gets Wrong About LGBTIQ+ People with Intellectual Disability with Cameron Bloomfield

Disability advocate and self-advocate Cameron Bloomfield shares what it’s like to be a gay man with an intellectual disability. He talks about self-advocacy, pride, and challenging the misconception that people with disability aren’t sexual or part of the LGBTIQ+ community. Connect: Peta Hooke I…

Clare Stewart on Disability, Leadership and Accessible Housing

In this episode, Clare Stewart, CEO of Youngcare and former Mayor of Noosa, joins Peta to share her powerful story of resilience, disability, and purpose. At just 23 years old, Clare was struck by a garbage truck while out for a morning run. She spent six months in hospital and underwent 37 surger…