The Disability Dialogue Podcast
The Disability Dialogue: by people with disability, for people with disability. The Disability Dialogue brings together people with disability, leaders, and sector experts to share their lived experience, discuss what's working, what isn't and help shape real solutions. It’s about listening, learning, and empowering disability leadership to create change together. The Disability Dialogue is a partnership project in collaboration with Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA), Inclusion Australia, Melbourne Disability Institute and Alliance20.
Episodes
On the 29th of April 2026, The Disability Dialogue had an Open Dialogue event called, ‘Let’s unpack ableism’.
The event was hosted by Skye Cusack, who is a writer, journalist and a comedian based in Naarm. And James Parr, a prominent voice in fashion and media.
In this open dialogue, our guest will talk about their experiences with Ableism, inclu...
On the 25 March 2026, The Disability Dialogue had an Open Dialogue event called, ‘Friendship, relationship and intimacy for people with disability’
The event was hosted by Jax Brown, who is a disability and LGBTQIA+ rights activist, writer and educator, and Madeleine Gay, who is a policy and research officer at Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
On the 25 February 2026, The Disability Dialogue kicked off its first Open Dialogue event called,1 ‘Navigating high school, TAFE and university as a disabled young person’.
This Open Dialogue event was about equal education for teenagers and young adults with disability, specifically, those navigating high school, TAFE and university as a disabled young person.
The event was hosted by Kiz Blanca-Jackson, who is a community organis...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogues: What happened in 2025 for people with disability, a year in review.
This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 26th November 2025.
This event was about some of the biggest things that happened this year for people with disability and their community.
It was hosted by Todd Winther, who is a policy expert in the disability sector, and Kelly Treloar, who is a disability advocate and work...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: AI is here and it’s changing the way we live, work and connect.
This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 22nd October 2025.
The event started with Carly Wallace, Director of the Disability Dialogue, welcoming everyone to the event.
Kelly Griffis-Cox, who is part of the Disability Dialogue team, and Sam Mouakkassa, who works for the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with ...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Facing the storm together: How we plan and respond to weather-related disasters
This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 24th September 2025.
Kelly Griffis-Cox and Andrew Fairbairn, who works for an organisation called Limbs for Life, co-hosted the event.
The first speakers were Jonathon Tracey, who goes by Jono, and Anthony. Jono shared his story about how he kept himself ...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Unlocking potential, support for children with disability
This Open Dialogue event was held on Monday 25 August 2025.
This event was about targeted foundational supports for children, which are supports for children who are not part of the NDIS. We wanted to know what good support looks like for children, their families and their supporters.
The event was hosted by Todd Winther, wh...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Foundations for a good life.
This Open Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 30th July 2026.
The event talked about General Foundational Supports which are supports outside of the NDIS.
The hosts Sara and Todd presented a model of three “buckets” of support: mainstream services, the NDIS, and Foundational Supports. Each of these supports are different, but they all help people liv...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025: Connecting to community, peer support
The event started by explaining what peer support means: it is about people who have similar lived experiences connecting and sharing with each other.
We then discussed the benefits of peer support including emotional support, building confidence, sharing information, and creating a sense of belonging.
Guest speakers Rose-Ann and Romeo shared a...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025- Connecting to Community with Safe and Accessible Transport
This Disability Dialogue event was held on Friday 16th May 2025.
The even started with a panel discussion between the host Elly Desmarchelier and panellists Todd Wither, Emma Myers and Jared Simkus. They are all people with disability who shared their ideas on safe and accessible transport.
Then we heard from Dr Lisa Staffo...
The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: 'Belonging: Making Friends, Building Community'.
This Disability Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 16th April 2025.
The event started with a panel discussion on friendship with Todd Winther, Emma Myers and Elly Desmarchelier.
Then Sally Robinson and Tim Cahalan shared their research about people with disability and loneliness.
The research told us what made people feel like they belo...
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