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We publish posts to this blog that contain stories, information and other types of content from our members that we want to share with the world!

This blog is part of a project that is a NDIS Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) initiative, made available by the Government of Western Australia, Department of Communities.

Aug 1

Access to Sport as a Disabled Person

Blog Post by Layne Dixon - YDAN Team Member From a young age I have always been involved with sport. I did everything from horse riding t...

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Aug 1

Between Two Worlds: Living with A (Semi)Invisible Disability

However, I’ve come to realise that there is power in acknowledging my status as a person with a disability.

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Nov 27, 2019

School of Struggles: A Journey Through School with a Disability

Layne had an awful school experience. Now at 18, she looks back at her journey and how it made her the person she is today.

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Sep 24, 2019

Dining While Deaf: A Recipe for Disaster

Blog post by Jesse Williams - YDAN Executive Chair and Managing Director As I’m sitting in the restaurant I hear a sudden burst of laught...

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Sep 18, 2019

Accessibility 'Blooms' at Troye Sivan's Intimate Concert

This is how a concert experience should be! To have choice and control over the experience I want to have and what ‘perceived risk’ I put my

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Sep 9, 2019

Access through the ages...

Blog post by Hester-Henrietta Knowles - YDAN Team Member For some reason, don’t ask me why, I have been thinking a lot about time-travel ...

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Aug 28, 2019

Learning to Dance in the Rain

When I was younger, I always knew that I was different. What I didn’t realise was the way the outside world would perceive me

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Aug 5, 2019

Why You Can't Be Disabled and an Athlete

When you see someone who is a wheelchair user, what occupations come to mind?

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Aug 1, 2019

Speaking the Unspoken: Navigating the Workplace

And so, as I walked the corridors and sat in the break room the questions began.

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Mar 26, 2019

Disability...Without a Wheelchair

Sadly, people with invisible disabilities often face harassment from people who assume that they are "cheating".

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Mar 5, 2019

Creating Social Inclusion in the Deaf Community

camp provides a space for students transitioning across to high school to connect with others

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Jan 7, 2019

Is Disability a Universal Language?

I take great interest in observing how attitudes and approaches to disability differ between countries around the world.

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Dec 31, 2018

Beach Access: New Level of Ridiculous Revealed

even though the Government has funds and roll out their commitment to equality, they choose to spend it on other things

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Nov 5, 2018

YDAN on Tour: Katanning

It was really encouraging to the YDAN team to have such positive interactions with the young people

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Oct 1, 2018

When a flight turns into a fight: daily deafblind downfalls

it happened so fast that I had no idea what their reaction was and if they were even awake. But I was so embarrassed

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Jun 5, 2018

Refugees and Disability: Australia urgently needs to expand its scope of ‘inclusion’

let’s establish that seeking asylum, whether by boat, through the Commonwealth games, or by plane is not ‘illegal’

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