Have you met Gerard O'Dwyer?

He was awarded Best Male Actor at Sydney's Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival in 2009 for his role in Bus Stop Films' short film Be My Brother, which went on to be awarded Best Film on the evening as well - what an achievement! This was just the beginning of his career. 

Don't Give her a Social Disability 

Jess Irwin was born in 1987 and after a traumatic birth which resulted in a high level of cerebral palsy, she was sent home with her parents, Tony and Robyn. 

Jess says that the best advice her parents received from one of her therapists was " Your daughter has a physical disability. Don't give her a social one".

The Grellman Inquiry into Workers Compensation was tabled over 20 years ago in NSW Parliament but still today injured workers are dealing with the silos that dominate the workers compensation landscape - workers are shuttled between insurers, state regulators, lawyers, case workers, allied health professsionals, and of course doctors - causing frustration, alienation, stress, anxiety - all while trying to rehabilitate, recover and recouperate from a serious injury.

This story is shared from The Mighty. It resonated with me as I sometimes struggle being a 'positive' parent regardless of whether my child has 'special needs' or not' ..

It's hard to decide what makes Richard Bernstein such a remarkable human being...

Stephen Hawking passed away on 14th March 2018. He was a remarkable scientist who made a profound impact on the way we think about the universe. 

He was not able to speak and was not mobile but this is not how you should remember Stephen.

At 21 Hawking was told he only had a few years to live. He was diagnosed with ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease, and that the outlook was grim.  In January of 2018 the physicist celebrated his 76th birthday.