Coming soon: Season Five!

May 13, 2022 00:01:20
Coming soon: Season Five!
Choice and Control
Coming soon: Season Five!

May 13 2022 | 00:01:20

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Choice and Control is back very soon!  In season five we're talking to people with disability working towards full inclusion in the workplace, turning their sporting passion into careers, taking their first steps in entrepreneurship, and getting their hands dirty growing change and inclusion in community gardens.  

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Speaker 0 00:00:01 Try not to let your disability stop you. You might have to do things in a different way, but that's completely okay. Speaker 1 00:00:09 Carers Queensland's podcast choice and control is back. Speaker 2 00:00:12 People who have, um, shown just incredible passion and, uh, spirit of collaboration and desire to see positive change in the community Speaker 3 00:00:22 Because on our own, it's tough to just go out and do something and having the support of the, be your own boss. We're not on our own Speaker 4 00:00:31 Over 40% of Australians who live with a disability are living on or near the poverty nine. So if we can do something to help, I think that's just a massive public. Good. Speaker 5 00:00:42 We're still human. We still wanna get out there and work and do what we can. Speaker 1 00:00:49 We're talking to people with disability, from the football field, to the garden, from academia to the boardroom. Speaker 6 00:00:55 Yeah. She said, look, I'm I'm with the warrior. She said, I've gotta get this guy into our club somehow. He's just amazing. Speaker 7 00:01:03 It was only once I relocated away from my family home in a bit to further my career that I even noticed. I had a disability Speaker 1 00:01:09 Find us wherever you get your podcasts or head to our website, carers qld.com.au and look for choice and control.

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