Supported Decision Making Podcast
Episodes
46 episodes
The Disability Royal Commission, advocacy and you.
In this episode, we talk with AFI Advocate Roslyn who is helping people to tell their stories to the Disability Royal Commission.The Disability Royal Commission has suspended all face to face hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic but you ca...
Canberra Disability Review Summer 2025-26 Editorial
This Summer 2025–26 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review confronts a year marked by stalled reform and mounting barriers. The editorial cuts through political optics to expose the human consequences of inaction. This edition is both a warn...
Canberra Disability Review Autumn 2026 Editorial
This editorial examines the rapid pace of current disability policy reform, from the new NDIS Support Needs Assessment to the government's Thriving Kids initiative. While the ambition to improve consistency and early intervention is widely shar...
Canberra Disability Review Editorial Winter 2026
This is an early release audio recording of the editorial from the upcoming Winter 2026 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review. In this editorial we carry out forensic review of Minister Mark Butler's recent address to the National Press Clu...
The Things A Body Knows: An interview with award winning poet Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson is a poet and creative writing teacher who was awarded RMIT’s Future of Health Fellowship. Andy’s book “Human Looking” – a poetry collection that gives voice to a range of experiences of people with disability – won the 2022 Prime ...
Principles of Guardianship
Guardianship has been in the headlines recently. In this podcast we will explore what guardianship is, why it happens, how a guardian is appointed, and what are the things guardians are meant to do and what are limits are applied to the scope o...
Canberra Disability Review
We have recently launched an exciting project at AFI. The Canberra Disability Review is a quarterly online magazine that reflects the breadth of experiences, perspectives, policy impacts, and concerns of people with disability in the Canberra R...
The Sexual Health Journey: Interview with Cate Barclay and Tim Bavinton from SHFPACT
We are all on a journey towards our full truth and identity. On the journey we experience relationships, our sexuality, and gender identity. Sometimes it can be bewildering. Sometimes presumptions and even the protective inclinations of others ...
Upcoming Winter Edition of the Canberra Disability Review
Akiko Hirata, Assistant Editor and Researcher for the Canberra Disability Reviews, gives an update on the great content for the Canberra Disability Review Winter Edition. There's a lot to look forward to in this edition from the focus on inclus...
Upcoming Spring Edition of the Canberra Disability Review
The Spring 2022 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review is available soon. This edition has a focus on the experience of parents with disability. We have an interview with Eliza Hull, musician and editor of "We've Got This." We have fantastic...
Building A Better Normal: An Interview with ACT Disability Minister Emma Davidson
In this episode we interview ACT Disability Minister Emma Davidson. Our conversation covers a range of issues including the possible changes to the NDIS system that have been flagged, the relationship between state, territory and federal govern...
Advocacy In A Time Of Change: An Interview with Nicolas Lawler, CEO AFI
The call for disability advocacy services has increased throughout the Covid era. Many individuals, in our community, face complex challenges and disabling barriers, and without advocacy support they have to find a way their forward alone. Nico...
Co-Design: An Interview with Kelly Ann McKercher
In this episode we had the opportunity to explore co-design with Kelly Ann McKercher. Kelly Ann is a design expert and author of the book "Beyond Sticky Notes: Co-design for Real: Mindsets, Methods, and Movements." Our conversation considered w...
Advocacy, Vaccinations and the Pandemic: An Interview with Nicolas Lawler CEO AFI
In this podcast we catch up with Nicolas Lawler and discuss issues related to the present lockdown in the ACT, the impact it is having on some people with disability in the community, and also concerns related to support services and vaccinatio...
Recognising Carers in our Community: An Interview with Lisa Kelly CEO Carers ACT
People who are carers, in our community, are a diverse group of individuals. Some have found themselves in a carer role in abrupt and unexpected circumstances. Some are caring while negotiating the challenges of childhood and adolescence. Their...
Diversity, Inclusion and Stories that Matter: An Interview with Dr Lisa Stafford
In this interview, with Dr Lisa Stafford, we explore what we mean when we talk about inclusion, the power and inequities involved in design and planning, and creative approaches that have connected with the views and perspectives of young peopl...
The Self Advocacy Journey
In this podcast we will reflect on four simple points about self-advocacy. The work of self-advocacy, communicating what matters to us and what is OK and not OK in our lives, is ongoing. It isn't always easy particularly when it feel likes noth...
Special: Summer Podcast on Resilience
This summer has been the most challenging many of us have ever known. This podcast will focus on the importance of resilience when we are faced with challenging times.
Staying Connected
In our Staying Connected podcast, we will find our way through these challenging times together.For this first podcast, we will get our heads around what this COVID-19 or Coronavirus is, in a simple way, because we know that it i...
Our power to stay safe
A quick update on how to stay safe and the state and federal decision to shut down non-essential businesses, what this means and why this decision was made.
Mental Health in our Homes (an interview with psychologist Paul North)
In today's episode, we speak to Canberra Psychologist Paul North on his insights into maintaining mental health during a long time of life at home. There are some big ideas and words in this podcast, we will explore and simplify some of the...
8 tips for staying mentally healthy at home (recap of the interview with Paul North)
In our last podcast, we talked to Paul North. Paul is a Canberra psychologist. We talked to Paul to get some helpful advice about how to stay mentally healthy. Paul had a lot of helpful advice about things we can do to help ourselves feel safe ...
#Stayhome but stay safe - Interview with CEO Sonia Di Mezza from DVCS
At AFI we know that when we stay home we are not always in a safe place. In today's podcast, we talk to the CEO of DVCS Sonia Di Mezza about domestic and family violence, what it is and where you can go for help. You can con...
Still connected - series recap
In this episode we look back on all the topics we have covered, and why its important to still be connected. Advocacy for Inclusion: 02 6257 4005 or info@advocacyforinclusion.org or Podcast@advocacyforinclusion.orgRelationships ...
The bigger picture - Interview with Bonnie Millen Senior Policy Advisor at AFI
Recently AFI released a survey on how people are finding Covid-19 (thank you to everyone who participated!). Today we talk to the results of that survey that tells us the story of what is working and not working for people with disability durin...