CripChat Australia
Real Talk, Practical Action for an Inclusive Australia
CripChat Australia
Real Talk, Practical Action for an Inclusive Australia
About CripChat Australia
Real Talk, Practical Action for an Inclusive Australia
CripChat Australia is produced and delivered by Australian Disability, it aims to educate, entertain and inform the community how they can help us create a more accessible and inclusive society for people with disabilities, their friends, and family.
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Recent Episodes
#216: Access to health care | A story of resilience
CripChat Australia • Sep 24, 2025
#215:Disability Pride Month
CripChat Australia • Jul 21, 2025
#214: Disability Pride presents Jane Scott
CripChat Australia • Jul 21, 2025
#213: Rolling Thunder: Inside the 2025 Santos Wheelchair Rugby World Challenge
CripChat Australia • Jun 23, 2025
#212: Political Discourse and People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • May 14, 2025
#211: Fair Australia | Advocating for Disability Inclusion and Equity by 2031
CripChat Australia • Apr 14, 2025
#210: Assessing the 2025 Federal Budget | Implications for Australians with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Mar 31, 2025
#209: Disability and Natural Disasters
CripChat Australia • Mar 19, 2025
#208: Disability and Fashion with Anja Christoffsen
CripChat Australia • Mar 19, 2025
#207: Proud and Free: Celebrating Disability Inclusion at Sydney Mardi Gras
CripChat Australia • Mar 3, 2025
#206: Disability and Dating
CripChat Australia • Feb 24, 2025
#205: Foundational Supports
CripChat Australia • Feb 17, 2025
#204: Does Supported Employment pass the Pub Test?
CripChat Australia • Jan 27, 2025
#202: Fundraising, Acting and Book Writing with Hannah Diviney
CripChat Australia • Jan 17, 2025
#201: People with Disabilities and the Festive Season
CripChat Australia • Dec 17, 2024
#200: Disability and Leadership
CripChat Australia • Dec 9, 2024
#199: Community Attitudes and NDIS Reforms
CripChat Australia • Dec 2, 2024
#198: Beyond the NDIS: Services and Supports for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Nov 18, 2024
#197: Quality and Safeguard Reforms – Will They Protect People with Disabilities?
CripChat Australia • Nov 13, 2024
#196; National Carers Week
CripChat Australia • Oct 29, 2024
#195: Support Workers and Boundaries
CripChat Australia • Oct 15, 2024
#194: Introduction of NDIS Support Lists and Community Concerns
CripChat Australia • Oct 8, 2024
#193: Boccia and the Power of Sport: Driving Disability Inclusion
CripChat Australia • Sep 25, 2024
#192: Through Different Eyes: Bridging the Perception Gap
CripChat Australia • Sep 11, 2024
#191: Cleared for Takeoff? Examining Airport Access for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Sep 4, 2024
#190: The NDIS Reform Bill | Systemic Ableism at its worst?
CripChat Australia • Aug 28, 2024
#189: Disability and Stereotypes
CripChat Australia • Aug 21, 2024
#188: DRC Right of Reply | Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
CripChat Australia • Aug 12, 2024
#133: Chatting with the CripChat Crew Part 4: Jonathan Shar
CripChat Australia • Aug 7, 2024
#187: Disability Royal Commission Response: The NSW Perspective
CripChat Australia • Aug 6, 2024
#186: Navigating the NDIS: The Role of Sex Workers in Disability Support
CripChat Australia • Jul 31, 2024
#185: Celebrating Disability and NAIDOC Week
CripChat Australia • Jul 16, 2024
#184: Leading with Inclusion Interview with PWDA Deputy CEO Megan Spindler-Smith
CripChat Australia • Jul 9, 2024
#183: Breaking Barriers: Making Toastmasters Accessible for All
CripChat Australia • Jul 3, 2024
#181: Senate Inquiry on the NDIS Reform Bill: Bombshells and Revelations
CripChat Australia • Jun 11, 2024
#178: Navigating the NDIS Reform Bill: Upholding Human Rights in Home & Living
CripChat Australia • Jun 5, 2024
#177: Federal Budget Special 2024 with PWDA Treasurer Presley Chihuri
CripChat Australia • May 23, 2024
#175: Medical Model vs The Social Model of Disability
CripChat Australia • May 9, 2024
#174: Epilepsy Awareness | Overcoming Challenges and Building Support
CripChat Australia • May 2, 2024
#173: Marayke Jonkers and NDIS Reforms
CripChat Australia • Apr 26, 2024
#172: Patrick McGee and Disability in the Criminal Justice System
CripChat Australia • Apr 18, 2024
#171: Jo Garvin and the use of Story and Filmaking to foster Disability Inclusion
CripChat Australia • Apr 1, 2024
#167: Pathways to Employment for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Mar 14, 2024
#168: Sarah Styles and 'Different yet the Same'
CripChat Australia • Mar 14, 2024
#166: Sam Drummond and 'Broke'
CripChat Australia • Feb 13, 2024
#165: Cassey Martin and The Light at the End of the Tunnel Part 2
CripChat Australia • Feb 7, 2024
#164: The NDIS review and how it will affect the lives of participants with Samatha Connor
CripChat Australia • Jan 24, 2024
#163: Setting Goals for 2024
CripChat Australia • Jan 16, 2024
#162: Inclusive versus Special Education | The lasting effects of segregation
CripChat Australia • Jan 2, 2024
#161: River Nght | Accessibility of Advocacy Conferences
CripChat Australia • Dec 19, 2023
#160: An Interview with Alistair McEwin, Former Disability Royal Commissioner
CripChat Australia • Dec 12, 2023
#159: Advocacy and being involved in your community with our guest Nidhi Shekaran
CripChat Australia • Nov 28, 2023
#158: Graeme Innes | A Lifetime of Advancing a Way to Disability Rights and Inclusion
CripChat Australia • Nov 14, 2023
#156: Overcoming barriers to access mainstream society
CripChat Australia • Nov 7, 2023
#155 :Accessibility of Emergency Warning Apps
CripChat Australia • Oct 31, 2023
#154: The Realities of Carers to People with Disabilites in Australia
CripChat Australia • Oct 24, 2023
#153: Utilising your NDIS Funding
CripChat Australia • Oct 17, 2023
#152: The need for a Social Support Group for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Oct 10, 2023
#151: Disability Pride Movement
CripChat Australia • Oct 2, 2023
#150: Accessible Transport and People with Disabilites
CripChat Australia • Sep 25, 2023
#149: Disability and Emergency Preparedness
CripChat Australia • Sep 19, 2023
#148: The Challenges of Having a Physical Disability
CripChat Australia • Sep 12, 2023
#147: The importance of peer support within our communities with ibby and David
CripChat Australia • Sep 4, 2023
#146: The Edge of Independence and Showing Up Authentically for your Community
CripChat Australia • Aug 28, 2023
#145: Light at the end of the tunnel with guest speaker Cassy Martin
CripChat Australia • Aug 22, 2023
#144: Board Members with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Aug 15, 2023
#143: The cost of living for people with disability
CripChat Australia • Aug 8, 2023
#142: What a circles of support can do for you? Pt 2
CripChat Australia • Aug 1, 2023
#141 What a circle of support can do for you?
CripChat Australia • Jul 25, 2023
#140: Disability and Identity Part 2
CripChat Australia • Jul 11, 2023
#139 Disability and Identity
CripChat Australia • Jul 4, 2023
#138: People with Disabilities in the Performing Arts TEENAGE DICK
CripChat Australia • Jun 27, 2023
#137: Chatting with Will McIntosh, Disability Advocate with Children & Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
CripChat Australia • Jun 20, 2023
#136: Computational Neuroscience and People with Disabilities with Cian Moriarty
CripChat Australia • Jun 13, 2023
#135: Chatting with Our Marketing Producer
CripChat Australia • Jun 6, 2023
#134: How best to care for and support Australians living with Dementia with special guest Dr Kaele Stokes
CripChat Australia • May 30, 2023
#132: Chatting with the CripChat Crew Part 3:David Cunningham
CripChat Australia • May 16, 2023
#131: Chatting with the CripChat Crew Part 2: David Daoud
CripChat Australia • May 10, 2023
# 130: Chatting with the CripChat Crew Part 1: Ibby Dee
CripChat Australia • May 2, 2023
#129: Stella Young Statue Tribute
CripChat Australia • Apr 26, 2023
#128: The State of Disability Employment Opportunities in Australia with Employment Lawyer, Joseph Popov
CripChat Australia • Apr 14, 2023
#127: An Introductory with Quang Nguyen, Co-Host of CripChat Australia Podcast
CripChat Australia • Apr 11, 2023
#126: Accessibility of the Built Environment with Lisel Tiesh MP
CripChat Australia • Apr 2, 2023
#125: Towers of Strength and International Women_s Day - Lara Nakhle's Mum
CripChat Australia • Mar 21, 2023
#124 : Physical Fitness, Diet & Disability
CripChat Australia • Mar 7, 2023
#122: Animal and Disability Rights through the Journey of Daniel Clarke
CripChat Australia • Feb 28, 2023
# 121: Mental illness and Disability with Guest Contributor, Chris Chaplin, Governance Coach, Author, Writer and Activist with Mental illness.
CripChat Australia • Feb 21, 2023
# 119: Medical Doctors with Disabilities featuring Guest Contributor, Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM, Accident & Emergency Specialist.
CripChat Australia • Feb 1, 2023
Episode 118: Medical Professionals with Disabilities with Guest, Adam Mortley
CripChat Australia • Jan 25, 2023
#117 : People with Disabilities and the Performing Arts with Special guest Lara Nahkle
CripChat Australia • Jan 18, 2023
Episode 105: Stories from the AAT
CripChat Australia • Dec 16, 2022
Episode 116: End of Year Holiday Season 2022
CripChat Australia • Dec 14, 2022
Episode 114: John Moxon Special Tribute
CripChat Australia • Dec 7, 2022
Episode 113: Being a Company Director with a Disability
CripChat Australia • Nov 30, 2022
Episode 112: Remembrance Day Episode in Australian Veteran with Acquired Disabilities, Mr Curt McGrath
CripChat Australia • Nov 23, 2022
Episode 111: Patients with Disabilities and Prolonged COVID-19 Illnesses Part 1 - Patients with ME & CFS having Prolonged or Long COVID-19 Illness with Special Guest Contributor, Eliza Charley, Author
CripChat Australia • Nov 2, 2022
Episode 110: People with Disabilities and the Federal Budget 2022
CripChat Australia • Oct 26, 2022
Episode 109: Scams and people with disabilities in Australia
CripChat Australia • Oct 19, 2022
Episode 108: Be Aware, Be Alert, "How to avoid a scam"
CripChat Australia • Oct 12, 2022
CripChat Australia Episode 106: Employment for People With Disability | Is it really inclusive?
CripChat Australia • Sep 30, 2022
CripChat Australia Episode 107:Accessibility to the Built Environment for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Sep 23, 2022
Episode 104: The Challenge of Modern Slavery for People with Disabilities in Australia Part 3
CripChat Australia • Sep 14, 2022
Episode 103: The Challenge of Modern Slavery for People with Disabilities in Australia Part 2
CripChat Australia • Sep 13, 2022
Episode 102: The Challenge of Modern Slavery for People with Disabilities in Australia Part 1
CripChat Australia • Aug 15, 2022
Episode 101: Is there a place for Vertue Signaling or being Patronizing to People with Disabilities?
CripChat Australia • Aug 2, 2022
Episode 100: What we've learned so far, observations and anecdotes on #EverythingDisability
CripChat Australia • Jul 19, 2022
Episode 99: Managing a Natural Disaster for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Jul 12, 2022
Episode 98: Sports and Recreation for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Jul 5, 2022
Episode 97: Looking after your NDIS package
CripChat Australia • Jul 5, 2022
Episode 95: Tax, Budgets and People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Jun 24, 2022
Episode 94: Assistive Technology
CripChat Australia • Jun 24, 2022
Episode 93: Voting for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Jun 12, 2022
Episode 92: Cloudy ? with a Chance of Barriers
CripChat Australia • Jun 3, 2022
Episode 91: Parenting as a Person with a Disability
CripChat Australia • Jun 3, 2022
Episode 89: People with Disabilities and the Federal Budget 2022
CripChat Australia • Apr 5, 2022
Episode 80: Respecting and Protecting People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Jan 18, 2022
Episode 79: Setting Goals for 2022
CripChat Australia • Jan 11, 2022
Episode 77: Choosing a gift for people
CripChat Australia • Dec 17, 2021
Episode 76: International Day of People With Disability 2021
CripChat Australia • Dec 7, 2021
Episode 75: Disability Discrimination | How Does it Make You Feel?
CripChat Australia • Nov 30, 2021
Episode 74: Accessing The Right Support Worker and Support
CripChat Australia • Nov 25, 2021
Episode 73: Access in the Community
CripChat Australia • Nov 18, 2021
Episode 71: Independence and Stigma
CripChat Australia • Oct 29, 2021
Episode 70: COVID-19 and Accessible Communications
CripChat Australia • Oct 19, 2021
Episode 61: Independent Assessments and disability in the media.
CripChat Australia • Jul 16, 2021
Episode 58: In Conversation with Hannah Schulz-Fulham from City of Sydney Council
CripChat Australia • Jul 2, 2021
Episode 54: Disability, Respect, Organisations and Culture
CripChat Australia • May 28, 2021
Episode 51: Disability Housing
CripChat Australia • Apr 30, 2021
Episode 46: Health and fitness for people with disabilities
CripChat Australia • Mar 19, 2021
Episode 45: Higher education and disability, how to know what supports to ask for?
CripChat Australia • Mar 13, 2021
Episode 44: How to advocate for yourself in daily life
CripChat Australia • Mar 5, 2021
Episode 43: What access and inclusion truly means?
CripChat Australia • Feb 26, 2021
Trailer #3
CripChat Australia • Feb 17, 2021
Episode 42: Abuse and Neglect: How to talk about it and how does Society respond?
CripChat Australia • Feb 12, 2021
Episode 41: Disability rights, what we’ve achieved, what needs to be done
CripChat Australia • Feb 5, 2021
Episode 40: Disability Inclusion: What does it mean in the Real World?
CripChat Australia • Jan 30, 2021
Episode 39: 2021 - Wonder what’s coming up
CripChat Australia • Jan 15, 2021
Episode 38: 2020, Gone but Not Forgotten
CripChat Australia • Jan 8, 2021
Podcast Trailer - Jonathan
CripChat Australia • Dec 13, 2020
Episode 37: Happy International Day of People with Disability 2020
CripChat Australia • Dec 3, 2020
Episode 36: Accessibility in shopping centres and attitudes towards PWD
CripChat Australia • Nov 28, 2020
Episode 35: Building Back Better
CripChat Australia • Nov 20, 2020
Episode 34: Words Matter - Part 2
CripChat Australia • Nov 13, 2020
Episode 33: Words Matter
CripChat Australia • Nov 6, 2020
Episode 32: Sports and Recreation
CripChat Australia • Oct 30, 2020
Episode 31: Disability and Cultural Diversity
CripChat Australia • Oct 23, 2020
CripInterview: Matthew Levy from AimBig Employment on Disability, Employment and Mental Health
CripChat Australia • Oct 11, 2020
Episode 30: People With Communication Disabilities
CripChat Australia • Oct 9, 2020
Podcast Trailer - Ibby
CripChat Australia • Oct 5, 2020
Episode 29: Importance of giving young people a platform to have their voice heard
CripChat Australia • Oct 3, 2020
CripChat: One-on-One with Timothy Lachlan
CripChat Australia • Sep 25, 2020
Episode 25: Peer Support and It's Importance
CripChat Australia • Sep 19, 2020
Episode 24: The NDIS, "Independent" Assessments and Why the Disability Community are Opposed to them
CripChat Australia • Sep 12, 2020
Episode 21: You Ask, We Answer and the NDIS "Reforms"
CripChat Australia • Sep 4, 2020
Episode 23: How PWD can implement self-care and rely on support networks during a global pandemic
CripChat Australia • Aug 29, 2020
Episode 20: The Week in Disability News + We Talk To You About Your Week
CripChat Australia • Aug 21, 2020
Episode 19: Disability and Mental Health
CripChat Australia • Aug 14, 2020
Episode 19: intellectual disability and ensuring we aren't laterally ableist towards people who have them
CripChat Australia • Aug 7, 2020
Episode 18: Safe social gatherings in our new world
CripChat Australia • Jul 31, 2020
Episode 17: (Insert Topic Here)
CripChat Australia • Jul 24, 2020
Episode 16: The Curb Effect
CripChat Australia • Jul 17, 2020
Episode 15: Disability and Culture
CripChat Australia • Jul 10, 2020
Episode 15: Inspiration Porn and Disability
CripChat Australia • Jul 3, 2020
Episode 14: Finding Good Support Workers
CripChat Australia • Jun 26, 2020
Episode 13: Venturing out into Society and Dealing with Discrimination
CripChat Australia • Jun 19, 2020
Episode 12: Returning to Normal in a Post Pandemic World with a Disability
CripChat Australia • Jun 12, 2020
Epsode 11: Disability and Intersectionality
CripChat Australia • Jun 5, 2020
Episode 10: Disability and Confidence
CripChat Australia • May 29, 2020
Episode 9: Disability, Sport and Recreation
CripChat Australia • May 22, 2020
Episode 8: Leadership and Disability
CripChat Australia • May 15, 2020
Episode 7: The Way Out of Lockdown for People with Disabilities
CripChat Australia • May 8, 2020
Episode 6: Your Mental Health and Disability
CripChat Australia • May 1, 2020
Episode 5: How Inclusion Enables?
CripChat Australia • Apr 25, 2020
Episode 4: Keeping sane in Isolation
CripChat Australia • Apr 18, 2020
Episode 3: Disability Inclusion in Emergency Planning
CripChat Australia • Apr 18, 2020
Episode 2: The Importance of Peer Support
CripChat Australia • Apr 4, 2020
Episode 1: Coping With COVID-19 while Having a Disability
CripChat Australia • Apr 4, 2020
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