The Disability Dialogue Podcast

On the 27th of May, The Disability Dialogue had an Open Dialogue event called, ‘Art as resistance: Creativity and disabled storytelling’ The event was hosted by G Treloar, a queer, disabled creative, based on Kaurna Country. They are a stage manager with experience on lots of productions, including the award-winning Adelaide Fringe show Sheltered. And Laura Pettenuzzo.  Laura is a writer, editor a...

On the 29th of April 2026, The Disability Dialogue had an Open Dialogue event called, ‘Let’s unpack ableism’. The event was hosted by Skye Cusack, who is a writer, journalist and a comedian based in Naarm. And James Parr, a prominent voice in fashion and media. In this open dialogue, our guest will talk about their experiences with Ableism, including; what it can look like for different people and...

On the 25 March 2026, The Disability Dialogue had an Open Dialogue event called, ‘Friendship, relationship and intimacy for people with disability’ The event was hosted by Jax Brown, who is a disability and LGBTQIA+ rights activist, writer and educator, and Madeleine Gay, who is a policy and research officer at Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) Event guest speakers include...

On the 25 February 2026, The Disability Dialogue kicked off its first Open Dialogue event called,1 ‘Navigating high school, TAFE and university as a disabled young person’. This Open Dialogue event was about equal education for teenagers and young adults with disability, specifically, those navigating high school, TAFE and university as a disabled young person.  The event was hosted by Kiz Blanca-...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogues: What happened in 2025 for people with disability, a year in review. This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 26th November 2025. This event was about some of the biggest things that happened this year for people with disability and their community.    It was hosted by Todd Winther, who is a policy expert in the disability sector, and Kelly Treloar, wh...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: AI is here and it’s changing the way we live, work and connect.  This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 22nd October 2025.  The event started with Carly Wallace, Director of the Disability Dialogue, welcoming everyone to the event. Kelly Griffis-Cox, who is part of the Disability Dialogue team, and Sam Mouakkassa, who works for the Victorian Ad...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Facing the storm together: How we plan and respond to weather-related disasters This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 24th September 2025.  Kelly Griffis-Cox and Andrew Fairbairn, who works for an organisation called Limbs for Life, co-hosted the event.  The first speakers were Jonathon Tracey, who goes by Jono, and Anthony. Jono shared h...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Unlocking potential, support for children with disability This Open Dialogue event was held on Monday 25 August 2025. This event was about targeted foundational supports for children, which are supports for children who are not part of the NDIS. We wanted to know what good support looks like for children, their families and their supporters. The e...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Foundations for a good life. This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 30th July 2026. The event talked about General Foundational Supports which are supports outside of the NDIS.   The hosts Sara and Todd presented a model of three “buckets” of support: mainstream services, the NDIS, and Foundational Supports. Each of these supports are diff...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Connecting to community, peer support The event started by explaining what peer support means: it is about people who have similar lived experiences connecting and sharing with each other. We then discussed the benefits of peer support including emotional support, building confidence, sharing information, and creating a sense of belonging. Guest s...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025- Connecting to Community with Safe and Accessible Transport This Disability Dialogue event was held on Friday 16th May 2025. The even started with a panel discussion between the host Elly Desmarchelier and panellists Todd Wither, Emma Myers and Jared Simkus. They are all people with disability who shared their ideas on safe and accessible transport...

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: 'Belonging: Making Friends, Building Community'. This Disability Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 16th April 2025. The event started with a panel discussion on friendship with Todd Winther, Emma Myers and Elly Desmarchelier. Then Sally Robinson and Tim Cahalan shared their research about people with disability and loneliness. The research told us w...