Storybook
Sharing stories is one of the most powerful ways we learn and develop our understanding.
As part of our commitment to working together toward a more inclusive Queensland community we have gathered a collection of stories written by everyday Queenslanders involved in the disability sector.
From people with a disability themselves, to families, friends, carers and services providers, our storybook provides an insight to the lives and experiences of real people, in their own words.
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Radio profile: Robert Claudie
Visit Aurukun, and you're likely to meet Robert Claudie, whose everyday life involves overcoming the many obstacles he faces as a person in a wheelchair in a remote community.
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Radio profile: John Gallaghan
If you are a real estate agent, landscaper or builder in Townsville, then you may have met John Gallaghan at Endeavour Business Service Townsville.
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Radio profile: Willie Prince
Willie Prince is an accomplished sportsperson, an advocate for Indigenous rights, and a long-term employee of the State Library of Queensland.
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Radio profile: Maxine Bartman
Walk in to the Endeavour Business Service building in Rockhampton and you'll find a group of around 35 people with a disability hard at work making stakes and pegs for local industry and real estate agents, sorting rags or making high quality outdoor furniture.
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Radio profile: Byron Albury
Byron Albury is an example of a Murri man who has made the most of opportunities in his life. He is an outspoken advocate for the rights of people with a disability, works with young people at the Royal Children's Hospital and is a highly accomplished radio broadcaster.
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Radio profile: Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons is an inspirational Murri man and accomplished artist who has overcome many obstacles in his life including a struggle to find his family and his identity.
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Lindsay Sutton
Lindsay is a young man who has an intellectual impairment and severe epilepsy. Despite this, or maybe because of it, Lindsay has achieved a number of great things in his life thus far.
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Casey Gould
Casey was born with craniostenosis, a condition where the usually moveable bones of the skull are fused.
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Elle Henson
The biggest challenge that I have had to overcome is accepting that I have cerebral palsy.
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Christopher Grant
Hi, my name is Christopher. I am 19 years of age. I was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
