Uplifting conversations with people of different abilities, who are living healthy, socially connected and fulfilling lives.
The Grow Bold with Disability podcast by Feros Care is a place where we discuss the taboo, the uncomfortable and funny side of living with disability. You will hear uplifting stories of people overcoming adversity, along with educational and informative episodes about the disability sector.
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What is a podcast and how do I listen?
Podcasts are audio-recordings of discussions between people, where the host and interviewees talk about a specific topic in depth. Podcast episodes are usually free (ours sure are) and you can listen to them from any device through a free podcast app with internet connection. For iPhone users, this is commonly an app called Apple Podcasts, and Android users may use Google Podcasts. To listen on a computer, visit the podcast’s webpage and use any given option.
HOSTED BY
Pete Timbs
CO-HOSTED BY
Tristram Peters
Writer, editor and disability advocate
Podcast Episodes
In this episode, we talk with Tim Daly and find out how he came across ‘This is My Brave’ Australia. We also learn why Tim is passionate about breaking the stigma of mental illness and what how sharing stories can be a catalyst for positive change.
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In this episode, our guest is Yarraka Bayles, an Indigenous woman who last year posted a heart-breaking video of her 9-year-old son Quaden who lives with achondroplasia saying he wanted to take his own life after being bullied.
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In this episode, we discover how Mike Rolls contracted meningococcal, how he survived and how he came out the other side with a whole new perspective on life.
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In this episode we find out how Australian singer songwriter, Rachael Leahcar, discovered her love of music, the struggles she had to overcome as a blind person in a seeing world and how she made it to the top of her game. Rachael came third in the very first season of The Voice Australia, has released five Top 10 charting albums and […]
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In this episode we talk with Natalie Wade about her love of the law, accessible education and how we can all play a part in creating more inclusive communities. As the Founder and Principal Lawyer of Equality Lawyers, Natalie is a leader in providing premium legal advice and representation to people with disabilities and their […]
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Lisa Cox is an award-winning media professional, author, public speaker, stroke survivor and amputee. We talk with Lisa and find out how she lost her leg, her toes, her fingertips, some eyesight and more. How society started treating her differently and what living with a disability meant for her relationships and her career.
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This episode of Grow Bold with Disability is growing bold and pain management. Our guest is Australian comedian, podcaster, writer, and television presenter Wil Anderson. We talk with Wil about how he manages his chronic pain, access to medical marijuana and his goal of building a better, more inclusive future and more.
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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 appears alongside Chelseann […]
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In this episode we will discover just how Dinesh became a quadriplegic, the effect it had on his family, why he fled back to his native country Sri Lanka, and what drove him to come back and finish his medical degree and become a doctor. Dr Dinesh Palipana, is founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia […]
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