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Meet Jezzie, the 13-year-old girl fighting autoimmune disease who donated her Starlight Wish to a child she has never met

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Meet Jezzie, the 13-year-old girl fighting autoimmune disease who donated her Starlight Wish to a child she has never met

It was a family trip to the Philippines at the age of 6 that prompted Jezabella "Jezzie" Ortega Austen to use her Starlight Wish and make a big change in the life of someone less privileged than her.

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Drag queen Dizzy Bility's shining a glamorous spotlight on disability in the arts

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Drag queen Dizzy Bility's shining a glamorous spotlight on disability in the arts

Dizzy Bility is a drag queen from Sydney who wears hearing aids and is legally blind.

Instead of letting that hold her back, she has made it part of her glamorous act and hopes to change perceptions along the way.

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How Nas Campanella's TV debut helped her think about motherhood

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How Nas Campanella's TV debut helped her think about motherhood

Thousands of people were watching when I played a pregnant woman who was blind on the Channel 10 show Offspring in 2016. 

I'd never acted before. The filming was intense, but the crew took care to coach me through everything. I admit it all felt hilarious and my family told me it was a very bad attempt at birthing.

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Australians living with disabilities find joy, independence and connection despite the pandemic

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Australians living with disabilities find joy, independence and connection despite the pandemic

The pandemic has brought with it different challenges for everyone. But for some Australians with a disability, it's been a chance to find joy, independence and new passions.

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Disability advocates worried religious discrimination bill will lead to more discrimination in Australia, not less

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Disability advocates worried religious discrimination bill will lead to more discrimination in Australia, not less

Fiona Strahan remembers the first time she was told she was special.

"As a child I can remember when someone came up and said to me, 'God has made you special.' Much later, it came up again and I thought if God made me so special why do some people respond so meanly with stares, horrible words, pointing and laughing," the spokeswoman for Disability Voices said.

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