Feros Talks

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is Growing Bold and Autism Spectrum Disorder, otherwise known as ASD. Our guest is 19 year old Chelseann Osborne, who last year represented Australia in sailing at the Special Olympics World Games, where she won the gold medal. And her dad, Pete Osborne, also joins us. He also appears alongside Chelseann in Feros Care’s Season Two in the Fearless Films ser...

This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is Growing Bold in the face of adversity and having the courage to face your fears. Our guest is Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor, Doctor Dinesh Palipana (OAM). Dr Dinesh Palipana, is founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia and has been named as Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year. In this episode we will discover just how Dinesh became a qua...

In this episode we discover how Bus Stop Films came about and what changes it made to the lives of people living with disability by helping them live their best life in the entertainment industry.

In this episode, our guest is Aussie swimming legend, world record holder and Olympic gold medal winner Cate Campbell. Cate’s brother Hamish has severe cerebral palsy and requires around the clock care. We speak to Cate about what it's like growing up with a sibling who has a disability. And we find out what influence Hamish has had on Cate's career.

Patrice O Brien from Beyond Blue and Paralympian Danni Di Torro talk with Pete and Tristram about mental wellbeing, how and when to ask for help and exploring being OK with making mistakes.

Andrew Gurza is a disability awareness consultant and crippled content creator and has cerebral palsy. In his work, he seeks to explore how the lived experience of disability feels, as it interplays with intersectional communities. In this episode, we'll discover what it's like to be, as Andrew calls himself, a queer cripple and how he's attempting to change our homo normative and beautiful body c...

In this episode, Isabel Osuna-Gatty talks about culturally and linguistically diverse communities, how they view disability and how their approach to community is so different.

Jessie Sadler founded the Christina Stephens adaptive clothing label after her mum had a fall some years back and damaged her elbows. After researching the fashion available in the market for style conscious women with short or long-term physical challenges, she realised there was a social and business opportunity in front of her. Jessie wants to give women living with disabilities a choice. She w...

Nastasia Campanella, who has been blind since she was 6 months old, is a successful journalist and broadcaster whose voice you may recognise from Triple J for the last 7 years. Nas talks about some of the obstacles she faced throughout her career and how she came to be a Disability Affairs reporter for the ABC.

Growing Bold and Technology

In this episode we’ll attempt to get to the bottom of why Aboriginal people experience disability at a greater rate than non-indigenous Australians and what could be done to help Australia’s first people with disability.

“I just was sad. I was sad for my girls having to suffer.” Find out exactly how best friends Kate and Mandy of Too Peas in a Podcast came to host a hugely successful podcast and why people love to listen to them. In this episode we’ll hear how these two mothers from Victoria came together to find a voice in the silent world of parenting multiples with disabilities and additional needs. And in doin...

"Tris accidentally drives over the guy's ankle." Co-host Tristram Peters and his carer Dan talk with Pete about the Carer Relationship and share some of their funniest stories.

" A little Tweet changed everything for you.." Adam Hills is an Australian comedian, radio and TV presenter and was born without a right foot. He wears a prothesis and is a huge supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. In this episode Pete and Tristram talk to Adam about "that Tweet", his Physical Disability Rugby League team, his new documentary "The Last Leg" and his dream to one day play for hi...

"There was a turning point in my life where I thought that, you know, there is no room for this kind of people. There is no room for hate. There is no room for discrimination. And I decided that I turned my back again to the past and face the past and basically work as hard as possible to fight for people, dignity and tolerance and acceptance." Professor Munjed Al Muderis talks about his escape fr...

"If you can't walk, obviously you're not sexual." Jodi Rogers is a Sexologist, Counsellor, Special Education teacher and Relationship Expert on "Love on the Spectrum". In this episode Jodi talks about the attitudes and values that come with people who surround people with a disability and the barriers they can create. She also talks about the struggles that people with disabilities face when it co...

Tim Ferguson was 19 when the first symptoms of MS starting presenting themselves. "My eyes went crossed and I looked a bit like Barbara Streisand, except good looking." Tim is one of Australia’s most accomplished comedians and in this episode talks with Pete and Tristram about MS, some of the challenges he faces, how comedy helps change attitudes to disability and how life is for living.

"I kind of fell into it." The conversations which led Northcott's Sexuality and relationship Education coordinator Alicia Melita ontot he path of helping people with disability achieve sexual satisifcation. Alicia supports people with a disability engage in sexual activities of their choosing. In this episode Pete, Tristram and Alicia discuss sex, dating and some of the hurdles facing people livin...

"I'm just like, what the hell?" How a letter delivering a shock diagnosis for son, Lucas, rocked the world of former Big Brother favourite Reggie Bird. Reggie is mother to Mia and Luca. Lucas has Cystic Fibrosis. Reggie is also losing her vision. In this episode Pete and Tristram talk to Reggie about being a single mum, the financial cost of treatments for her son, her experience looking for work,...

"Why can't I be a social worker or a lawyer or a journo just because I'm missing some muscles." Karni Liddell is a paralympian, disability and diversity specialist, clinical social worker, and a member of the Queensland Premier's Domestic and Family Violence Implementation Council. In this episode Karni talks with Pete and Tristram about the disturbing statics facing the disability community when...

"He wasn't hitting the regular milestones." Chloe Maxwell started her charity 4 ASD Kids to help other parents who had children with Autism access the same resources she did with her son Max. In this episode Pete and Tristram talk with Chloe about Max who has autism, his aspirations for the future and how sporting venues are becoming more inclusive for children like Max.

"In ten years, mate, I'll be walking." A cycling accident left Angus a C4 quadriplegic back in 2013. In this episode Angus talks to Pete and Tristram about alternative therapies, neuroscience and the use of Virtual Reality in his quest to walk one day.

"Medical professionals were quick to question my ability to parent." Eliza Hull is a mother with a physical disability. She is also a singer, songwriter and producer. In this episode Eliza talks about becoming a parent for the first time and the discrimination and ableist behaviour around parents with disabilities.

"I had to keep that really secret." Carly Findlay is a blogger, writer, speaker and appearance activist who lives with a skin condition called Ichthyosis. In this episode you’ll discover what it’s like growing up looking different, what some of her biggest challenges are as a result of her condition and about her amazing project" Growing Up Disabled in Australia".

"You know, it is just life changing stuff." Perry Cross raises funds for medical research to find a cure for paralysis caused by spinal injuries. Now with his good mate Tom Ray they have started a new life changing initiative. In this episode Pete and Tristram talk with Perry and Tom Ray about determination, passion and plans for the future.