Visibility – a space for people with intellectual disability to share their stories.
Visibility is a space for people with intellectual disability to share their stories. We want you to have a voice and be heard. We want to build a more understanding and inclusive society in Australia and the world. Brought to you by the members and community of Council for Intellectual Disability, Sydney, Australia.
Episodes
19 episodes
Life My Way: The Road to Byron
Byron Boehm is a 37 year old artist living independently in Sydney.For most of Byron's life, he has known that he is gay. But it is only in the last year that he has come out publicly. It's not just his sexuality that Byron ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:25
Life my way: Looking out for each other
Ricky and Dina both have intellectual disability and are married. They live together independently in the community. They talk about how they met, how their relationship developed, and about their life together. Ricky and Dina have plenty of in...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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22:05
Life my way: Sparkles, Strength and Speaking Up
Leigh is an environmental activist, a disability advocate, a powerlifter and a straight drag queen. In our third episode of our Life My Way series he shares with us his loves, his losses and everything in between.Follow Leigh on
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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19:50
Life my way: Journey to independence
This is the second episode of our Life My Way series. Jess is a young woman living and working in Sydney. She loves her permanent part time job at the ABC and she has her own rental apartment in the Eastern Suburbs.Jess is active in her ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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14:37
Life my way: Leonie's story
We are excited to launch a new series of our Visibility podcast, Life My Way. In this series we chat to people with intellectual disability about decisions and choices.In the first episode we talk to Leonie. She shares her story of growi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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18:32
Rap, Rainbows and the Rag Trade
In this episode we talk with Ben Paior-Smith, a fashion designer who has autism and down syndrome. Ben is a passionate artist who designs apparel for his fashion micro business called Hazz...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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14:09
A hen, a pen and a passion for words
In this episode we talk with Naomi Lake. She is a children’s book author with Down Syndrome. She has published two books about Ha...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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14:45
Fame, friends and Rock n' Roll
In this episode we chat with Rudely Interrupted, an indie rock band from Melbourne. They talk about forming a band with intellectual disabilities, touring the world, recording new songs and getting heard on the radio.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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17:40
Dancer, Director and Dreamer
Jianna is a professional dancer and director at Adelaide’s award-winning Restless Dance Theatre. She has performed interstate and internationally, winning accolades since she began dancing professionally at age 14.She has r...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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16:03
Lights! Camera! Advocacy!
Gerard O'Dwyer is an actor, speaker and performer with Down Syndrome. Gerard uses his profile to challenge social stereotypes and his work includesdramatic performances in film, television and theatre. He was award...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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16:55
Painting for love and a living
Lauren is an artist at Studio A. Studio A makes great art and specifically provides professional development to artists with intellectual disability. Lauren gets her inspiration from nature; looking at different plants, animals and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:55
Staying up when things are down
This is a special episode about adapting during COVID. How do we cope when the world suddenly changes and we have to change along with it? We talk with Kane about his experiences and his recipe for making the mos...
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14:41
Me and my friends
This episode is about friendships. In this episode Sarah and Justen talk about their experiences with making and maintaining friendships. They share the reasons why friendships can be so rewarding, what makes a go...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:19
Anchor exercise to help you feel calm
This is an special podcast episode to support you during COVID lock down. Our anchor exercise can help you feel calm.You can use it if you feel scared, stressed or worried.This exercise has been made with and for peop...
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5:42
Out, proud and included
This episode is about LGBTIQ+ relationships. This means lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer relationships. In this episode Cameron talks about his experiences as a gay man with an intellectual disability. He tells the story of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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20:40
Shopping, showers and sharing time
Support workers have a range of roles that assist people with disability in different areas of their lives. For example, for some people this might be helping with shopping, for others it might be helping with personal care such as showering.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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23:03
Opening the door on sexual relationships
A person with an intellectual disability, like any other person, is a sexual being. However, this is often not acknowledged or supported by families, support workers and even the broader community. The result is that f...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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22:10
Being a child, a parent, a family
We all want to feel accepted and loved within our families and for our parents and siblings to believe in our capabilities, understand our desires in life and support us to reach life milestones. Some of us also want to have famili...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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18:18
Dating apps, chats and mishaps
Intimacy and connection with others are basic human needs. Dating, which is the entry point to intimate relationships should therefore be straightforward right? Not quite. Dating can be fun, but it can also be tricky and daunting to some people...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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17:49