Some of us prefer to learn by listening. That’s why we’ve created the Imagine More podcast, a place to learn about topics relevant to people with disability who are pursuing all the good things in life: quality inclusive education, meaningful work, respectful and enduring relationships, a place to call home, and abundant opportunities to enjoy everything life has to offer.
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- Season 2: The Opening Opportunities conference (2023)
- Season 1: The Get That Good Life! conference (2021)
Season 2: Opening opportunities
This season, we’re bringing you powerful presentations and personal stories from the 2023 Opening Opportunities conference, held in Canberra.
The conference featured speakers, including young people with disability, their families, and professionals from Australia and overseas who have opened up opportunities using a proven framework called Customised Employment.
By listening to these sixteen presentations, we hope you’ll come to understand that employment opportunities for people with disability are abundant in a vast range of industries, just waiting to be discovered.
Many thanks to Osher Marks, who is the voice of this season of the Imagine More podcast.
You can also watch the presentations on video.
Season 1: Get That Good Life!
We all want the Good Life: for ourselves and for the people we care about.
But, traditionally, people with disability have been denied access to (or given a watered-down version of) many of the things that make life meaningful, purposeful, and interesting.
The 2021 Get That Good Life! conference focused on identifying the factors that make life good and how to ensure that people with disability have access to the same opportunities as everyone else. It provided attendees with countless ideas and strategies that help create wonderfully ordinary lives for people with disability.
The conference unashamedly shared ideas and stories that have high expectations for the lives of people with disability. In it, you’ll hear many examples of people with disability who:
- have chosen an ordinary life path
- hold meaningful and valued roles, and
- participate in and contribute to their local communities, all with the right support.
The presentations are from an exciting group of local, national, and international speakers who joined us to share their insights, stories, and best practice strategies. Expect to come away with plenty of actionable ideas from every episode!