News — Women
Disability campaigner Joan Hume hated being called 'an inspiration'
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High school teacher Joan Hume was 23 when she broke her neck in a car accident, leaving her with quadriplegia.
But if her colleagues thought that was the end of her career, they were very wrong. It was the 1970s and schools weren't prepared for a teacher who uses a wheelchair.
Carol's inclusive fashion a creative canvas for disability art
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During the past 20 years, Gold Coast NDIS participant and lawyer, artist and fashion designer Carol Taylor has refused to let stumbling blocks stand in her way.
After the car accident, which left her instantly paralysed and a quadriplegic at the age of 34—newlywed and desperate for a baby—Carol persevered with IVF for 8 years only to conceive naturally and give birth to a healthy son, though doctors had told her she would never have a child.
Indigenous women connect families across the Kimberley to NDIS
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In the vast, remote lands that occupy the northern most part of Western Australia, a group of Indigenous women are helping other local women to support their children through a unique NDIS program.
The program launched early last year, helping to connect families to NDIS and community supports for young children who live with disability or developmental delay.