
The Largest Minority
People with disability and chronic illness are the world’s largest minority, yet their stories are often left unheard. Not anymore. Presented by the Wellness Empowerment Movement, ‘The Largest Minority’ are given a voice and in return you gain a perspective. We need a paradigm shift, and we need your support – to dissemble ableist constructs and improve the quality of life for those with chronic illness and disability. All we need is for you to listen to the stories of those with chronic illness and disability featured here, and that awareness alone will create systemic change to support a minority group that has been ignored for far too long. It is time for a change. It starts here.
Episodes
8 episodes
Angel's Story: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Pregnant with her second child, Angel faced challenges getting a diagnosis and subsequent discrimination as a young woman when receiving healthcare as she suffered debilitating heart symptoms. Presenting to emergency with heart rates well into ...
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Episode 8
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1:03:06

Jabe's story: Mental Health & Addiction
Having first experienced mental health challenges at 14 years of age, Jabe's childhood trauma emerged in full as suicide ideation, auditory hallucinations and psychosis shortly after completing high school. Transforming his challenges int...
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Episode 7
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1:02:00

Megan's Story: Chronic Illnesses
Settle in with a cup of tea or a wine, because you are in for a snippet of a life story that will make you laugh and reconsider your perspectives on chronic illness - from surgeries to trauma to love stories and all in between. Megan Hackwood i...
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Episode 6
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1:56:50

Naomi's story: Fibromyalgia
From someone who was always healthy and at the top of her game to facing a new reality of chronic pain and insomnia, Naomi's life changed after a car accident. Without any acute injuries requiring emergency care, in the hours after she began ex...
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Episode 4
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35:02

Emily's Story: Mental Health, Eating Disorders & Endometriosis
Emily was in her teens when she first began experiencing symptoms of an eating disorder, before onset of additional mental health challenges. No stranger to the mental health system, Emily has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, seve...
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Episode 4
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56:40

Dale's Story: Burns to 33%
In 2016, Dale walked into a BBQ, only to leave intubated and sedated in an ambulance - after suffering burns to 33% of his body. As he was sedated, he did not know if he would ever wake up. Fast-forward to now, and he is using his powerful stor...
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Episode 2
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1:02:34

Welcome to The Largest Minority
Do you know who the Largest Minority in the world is? Do you know what group of people experience the highest rates of discrimination in Australia? Presented by the Wellness Empowerment Movement (WEM), with host Anja Christoffersen, we ...
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Episode 1
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7:42

Savannah's Story: VACTERL
Savannah, like host Anja, was born with VACTERL Association - that created malformations throughout the body, including vertebrae, anal, cardiac, tracheal oesophageal (air pipe/food pipe) and renal (kidney). When she was born, there was no way ...
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Episode 3
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1:29:00
