Stories

A Moment Of Me

How can we create inclusive communities?

The only way our communities will become truely inclusive of people living with…

Video: What does it mean to be the boss of your life?

Last month, Our Voice SA held their 2021 conference “Be the Boss”. It was fantastic to…

Your Stories: International Day of People with Disability 2021

This International Day of People with Disability, we asked people why it is important to…

What is an inclusive community?

When Trevor Harrison retired, he knew he needed to go out and find a new sense of…

Podcast: Evolution of Self-Understanding

Leanne's relationship with understanding herself as a disabled woman is a complex and…

Podcast: Claiming your right to risk [rerun]

Purple Orange is growing! We've hired so many great new staff recently, including Ellen…

Video: The Power of Peer

Skills, Confidence, Public Speaking, Moving out on your own, Friends - This are some of…

Podcast Rerun: The silver lining of lockdown

Here we are back in lockdown 14 months after the first COVID restrictions started. For…

Dig In

Purple Orange teamed up with North Brighton Community Garden to bring the concept of…

Peer Support and Finding Your Voice

Gavin Burner and Our Voice Chairman, Ian Cummins, talk about fair employment, the power of…

Podcast: Towards a better system

Two mothers of adult children who live with significant disability share their thoughts on…

Podcast: Natalie Wade, founder of Equality Lawyers (Episode 12)

We bring you an enlightening interview with Natalie Wade. She shares her thoughts on Ann…

Podcast: We Need To Talk

One year ago the death of Ann Marie Smith shocked us all. Policy makers, service…

Language Matters

Be a better ally to the disability community starting with language. The words you choose…

A Moment for Ann Marie

In April 2021, we dedicated all stories in our storytelling project, "A Moment of Me", to…

The Purple Orange Podcast: Nice, but not really

You would never go around slinging out disability slurs. The last thing you want is to…

Your Stories: International Day of People with Disabilities

We put a call out, asking people living with disability to tell us what this year's theme,…

The Elephant in the Interview

After graduating from her accounting degree, Daniella Biagi really struggled to get a job.…

Why does Drakes in Hallett Cove recruit people living with disability?

There are lots of reasons to consider hiring people living with disability, from…

Video: It was there all the time

After a terrible life-changing event, Rod Flight reconnects with a dormant passion, but…

Human Rights: What It Means to Me

Purple Orange talk to Our Voice members Gavin Burner and Libby Crawford on why it is…

Speaking Up: What It Means To Me

Our Voice SA members Libby Crawford and Gavin Burner talk about what self-advocacy and…

Covid-19: It feels odd to say this is the upside of this terrible, horrific thing that's happening.

Many people living with disability feel well equipped to handle the social upheaval caused…

Covid-19 Testing: “I was made to feel like I'm nothing.”

When Maria Cantanzariti, who lives with complex disability, needed to get a Covid-19 test,…

More than a man's best friend

We’ve all heard that dogs are man’s best friend. But for Mark, and many people all over…

Demystifying Diverse Communication

Don't let diverse ways of communicating prevent connection. There are always ways to…

Inclusive Education

If kids grow up studying and playing alongside kids who live with disability, then it's no…

Self Managed Supports

Self management gives the client more choice and control.

Men: Let's Talk About Connection

Everyone needs to feel connected, but a lot of men - disability or not - just aren’t…

Don't Fence Me In

Hannah shares her experience of Theatre

Water Consumers Research Project

Word Up and Access Alert

We, as a society, can and must do better.

Minimising and Eliminating Restrictive Practice

Y Connect's Headshot Day

Empowering women living with disability to achieve want they want

How Not To Be A Jerk

Watch, Learn and Share.

Acting is for Anyone

This video is part of Purple Orange's submission to the Meeting of Cultural Ministers…

Let's Talk About Employment

JFY Mentoring

Young people share their experiences having a mentor.

What Makes a Good Support Worker?

Maria shares her thoughts

All About Peer Support

It's a great feeling to connect with others who share your experiences.

Voice. Treaty. Truth. Working Together for a Shared Future.

We spoke with two First Nations People with lived experience of disability about what the…

The Roots of Purple Orange

This video tells the story of how JFA Purple Orange got its name.

Tell Us Survey

We decided to go and find out about people's experiences, and we called it the Tell Us…

The Model Of Citizenhood Support

The Model is a framework for advancing people into good valued lives.

We Need to Talk About Sex

Advocate and Activist: Colin Hiscoe (Reinforce)

There is an empty champagne bottle, proudly displayed as a trophy, in the office of…

Youth led program for more inclusive schools

School is an important time in all of our lives. It’s when we explore what we like to do,…

Peer Networks are Great!

A peer network is a group of people who come together as equals for a common goal.

Claiming your right to risk when you live with disability

When Ellen Fraser-Barbour was 19, she decided to travel on her own to India. Everyone told…

Let's Talk About Straws

We know something needs to be done about plastic waste, which is why campaigns to ban the…

Nick on Assistive Technology

Nick received funding for his i-Device through the Julia Farr Association.