How I'm Advocating for Better Access
By Ari Kerssens Hi! I’m Ari. I’m 27, based in Auckland, and I’m blind. I’m set to fly down to Wellington to address Parliament about the petition myself and fellow...
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Tokyo 2020 through the Eyes of a Paralympian
By Barney Koneferenisi Barney Koneferenisi is a member of the New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Wheelblacks. He got a late call up to join them at the Tokyo 2020...
Life after amputation: How I learned to love my body
By Lauren McDonough (she/her) *Trigger warnings: suicide and depression.* I stepped in front of a train and lost my legs. I attempted suicide when I was 19 years old. My...
Inspiration Requires Action - Why Inspiration Porn is Harmful
By Latifa Daud For much of my life, I have just accepted that exclusion and isolation is part and parcel of living life as a disabled woman. Basic privileges of...
All Hail The Braille
By Tim Harding It’s 14th October Humans! That means it’s World Sight Day, this is a great day for us here at EveryHuman. We have some exciting news, we have...
Spend a day in the ABC recording studio with Emily Prior
By Emily Prior For the last ten months I have been working for ABC TV on a really awesome children’s television show called The Wonder Gang. My character Quest is...
Updating Your Spring Wardrobe
By Dr. Gina Kingston Dr. Gina Kingston is a personal stylist who specialises in people with health issues. Her mum had Multiple Systems Atrophy and Gina she has scoliosis and...
3 steps to find your signature style with a disability!
By Shakti Krishnan Growing up as a disabled person, you’re often not given an opportunity to express yourself through fashion. This isn’t on purpose or anything, just a consequence of...
Can disability be a positive part of your identity?
By Rebecca Dubber When someone asks you, “who are you?” it’s at that moment that you call on the list of things that define who you are, a unique list...
Fashion is my confidence booster. What's yours?
By Layne Dixon When strangers walk by the first thing that they notice is what you’re wearing. For me, I believe that your own fashion style is how you represent...
Bored in Lockdown? Give these activities a go!
By Olivia Shivas Being in lockdown is no fun. As a person with a disability that's vulnerable when a virus is going around, I'm extra careful and keen to stay...
From Racing to Reps: A Wheelie's Journey through Sport
Insight from life between the lines; Adam Sheppard details his journey from professional sports to finding his calling through personal training. Growing up on the sunny Gold Coast as a kid...
Why I refer to myself as a "walking quadriplegic"
By Sarah Wise This is part 2 of Sarah Wise's story. To read her journey from being paralysed to walking again, click here. My name is Sarah Wise, and I...
My Journey becoming paralysed and learning to walk again
By Sarah Wise One moment you’re ‘living your best life’, and the next, you’ve hit rock bottom. Life can change in an instance, and that’s what happened to me when...
My Journey to the Tokyo Paralympic Games
By Hannah Dodd My journey to becoming an elite athlete started in Sydney in the year 2000. Like many Australians, the Sydney Paralympics was my first experience with Para sport...
Disability and Leadership: "I'm my schools first-ever disabled Prefect"
By Jaden Movold Ever since I was a little kid, I have always had a passion for being a leader in my community, especially at school. In my two years...