Have The Nerve: A Podcast About Disability
Do you have the nerve to talk about disability?
Have The Nerve is a podcast brought to you by Spinal Cord Injuries Australia and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Join host, Susan Wood, as she talks you through everything to do with disability.
Episodes
51 episodes
Episode 51: From The Internet - "You're too pretty to be disabled" and other awkward stories
Have the Nerve is back on for 2025!This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About....
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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30:03
Episode 50: Something To Think About - Are We Given Equitable Opportunities?
You're listening to episode FIFTY and the final episode of Have The Nerve for 2024. On this episode we’re going to talk about equity. Are the opportunities for people, specifically students with disabilities, fairer in 2024 than they we...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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16:59
Episode 49: Get To Know Your Body - Rehabilitation and Electrical Stimulation
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode, Physiotherapist Colbe...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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27:16
Episode 48: Is That... Actually Accessible?
In October this year Professor Shane Clifton wrote a piece for The Conversation titled, 'When even fringe festival venues exclude people with disability, cities need to act on access' after a series of accessibility issues to attend events at o...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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43:42
Episode 47: Something to Think About - What Does Sport Mean To Me?
Have The Nerve Not-So-Short this episode!You will hear the stories of three people who explain what sport means to them, because when it comes to disability and sport society may focus on physical strength or the medals, but it's so muc...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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1:14:33
Episode 46: Get To Know Your Body - Hydrotherapy
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode Exercise Physiologist ...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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17:13
Episode 45: From The Internet - Ultimate World Cruise Tea Time
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode Laura Burling, Heidi H...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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24:40
Episode 44: What It Is Like To Be A Researcher In Spinal Cord Injury?
Getting research off the ground is probably more complex than you'd expect. Doctor Claire Boswell-Ruys is a physiotherapist and senior research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and has worked in the area of spinal cord ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:18:44
Episode 43: Something To Think About - Why Invest In Medical Research for Spinal Cord Injury?
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - The short episodes between the longer ones. However, today isn't short at all #SorryNotSorry. Duncan Wallace, Executive Director of SpinalCure Australia is on to chat about why you should consider investi...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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30:44
Episode 42: Get To Know Your Body - Falls Prevention
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode Physiotherapist Colbey...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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17:54
Episode 41: From The Internet - Thoughts and Prayers
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode Laura Burling, Heidi H...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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27:00
Episode 40: Faith, God, Diversity and the Journey
In this episode, Associate Professor Shane Clifton from the University of Sydney comes on the podcast to talk about the many lives he led before his accident, his career as a theology lecturer and his accident that led to a spinal cord injury 1...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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47:38
Episode 39: Something To Think About - People With Disabilities Need To Pay Bills Too, You Know.
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode of Have The Nerve, For...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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20:17
Episode 38: Get To Know Your Body - Strength Training
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode, Exercise Physiologist...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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19:49
Episode 37: From The Internet - Was He Wrong For Using The Accessible Bathroom?
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.Hey there fellow doomscrollers! In thi...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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14:51
Episode 36: A Moment That Changed Everything
Trigger warning, this episode speaks in detail about attempted suicide. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, 2023 Lifeline Ambassador and public speaker, Matthew Caruana, comes on to share his story, At 16, in an attempt...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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26:14
Episode 35: Something To Think About - Where Is The Support For Spouses and Partners?
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.On this episode of Have The Nerve, For...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:38
Episode 34: Get To Know Your Body - Shoulder Health
This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.In this episode Physiotherapist Colbey...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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21:11
Episode 33: From The Internet - Is The Boyfriend Overprotective?
It's 2024 - A New Year, A New Start. This is Have The Nerve Shorts - the short episodes between the long ones where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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21:52
Episode 32: Disability and the Performing Arts
We’ve spoken about access to large scale events such as music festivals, concerts, Susan may have mentioned something about the weird inclusion issue in running events, but what about smaller scale events like attending a play, or hang on – wha...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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59:37
Episode 31: Disability Royal Commission, Connecting Cultures and the landscape of disability for First Nations
Trigger warning, this episode discusses sexual and physical abuse of people with disabilities and listen discretion is advised.In this episode of Have the Nerve Susan speaks to Jake Briggs, long time disability advocate, Managing Directo...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:11:25
Episode 30: Continence Poverty - The Cost When You Can't Afford
How many times a year do you think the average person with a disability, requiring products like these would need to go to the bathroom? How much does it cost?What does someone do when they can’t afford basic medical necessi...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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39:11
Episode 29: Companion Cards and the Meticulous Planning Just To Go Out
It's getting into the warmer seasons now and when the weather gets warmer people like to go out more.What does that have to do with this episode? Senior Community Services Coordinator Laura Burling and Representative Advocate Ja...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:03:03
Episode 28: Have the courage to be your own advocate
In this episode of Have the Nerve Susan speaks to Geraldine Watts. disability advocate. After a series of accidents that affected her spine, in 2016 her intervertebral disc disintegrated and she lost mobility, function and sensation. It was onl...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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50:50
Episode 27: Ground Zero at Brand X - Voices from #SydneyWorldPride Part Two
Sydney WorldPride 2023 didn’t just happen in two weeks between February to March, it’s the gift that keeps on giving and Susan will keep giving those gifts.Let's cast our minds back, hit rewind, do some reminiscing and hear performances...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:08:16