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Educated opinions focusing on Advocacy, Innovation and Education from Ben, our resident quad of 30FD.
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Social Media: Friend or Foe?
I recently had an unpleasant experience online. It wasn’t my first – nor, unfortunately, do I think will it be the last. But it left me...
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Turbocharging your opinions
Have you ever been playing Uno and your opponent, with one card in their hand, sits smugly looking at your handful of cards thinking...
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Music the Movie Proves Tone Deaf for our Community
I’ve made no secret that I’m a big music lover, But I’m afraid that doesn’t translate on screen with the upcoming release of Music...
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Know Your Worth
Freelance consultants. Sole Traders. Creatives, business owners and agencies. All of them have had at one time or another considered how...
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Don't Make an ASS Out of U and ME
I’ve spoken about the dangers of falling into assumptions before. But what if your assumption literally rested on the knife’s edge of...
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No One Likes to be Wrong
I don’t know about you, but I used to hate to admit when I was wrong. To me it used to be a sign of weakness, that I was backing down...
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Self Reflection Before Projection
When you’re standing on stage addressing a paying audience, you really ought to know your subject matter pretty thoroughly. But what if...
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So you want to be a Professional Speaker?
Professional speaking can often seem a glamorous profession. The bright lights, packed auditoriums and the insatiable feeling of all eyes...
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Walking the Walk, Talking the Talk
I’ve stumbled across a term recently which I feel perfectly summarises what I try to do every day, as both a professional speaker and...
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Challenging Your Natural Bias
Picture a typical day. You get up, have breakfast and get ready before dropping the kids to school. Afterwards you decide to swing past...
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The Hidden Truth Behind Cancel Culture
If you’ve followed me for long enough, you’ll know how much of a social media fan I am. And it’s not because I finally have an avenue to...
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Confidentiality and the Commission
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability is approaching its one year anniversary...
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Levelling the Playing Field for Carers
When you don’t have the same abilities as others to perform simple tasks – like getting ready for the day – there are people in the...
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My Fun Times Parenting
Raising children is tough. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. There are the highs of those warm snuggles, belly laughs, and memories...
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Coronavirus Consequences
There’s no room for complacency in a post-COVID world. What we’re seeing out of Victoria – and indeed the rest of the world – is that...
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Resilience
WE’RE A RESILIENT MOB From my first blog I have sought to help foster and promote community understanding and how we’ve learned to adapt...
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Disabled Migrants
Discriminatory Migration System Australia’s immigration system is unjust and discriminates against disabled people, frequently excluding...
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Post Pandemic
Don’t Throw Away the Gains We’ve Made How will our world change after the pandemic? Will we go back to normal and try to forget all of...
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Employing the Disabled
The Employment Divide Finding meaningful work can be difficult for anyone, but for people with any type of impairment it is much, much...
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2019 NDIS Review - Where to From Here?
“The nature and speed of rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the time frames was highly ambitious. While many...
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The Year of Dylan
My man, Dylan Alcott. 15 time Grand Slam winner. Four time Olympic gold medallist. First male athlete to ever win a Golden Slam....

Dark side of Hastags
The power of the Hashtag! Anyone that has a social media presence (so, like, 4.2 billion people worldwide!) would have stumbled across...

Re-designing History
Recently I learned the international symbol for disability is getting another makeover. Well, kind of. Just a few years after its first...
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