She Survived a One-in-20-Million Accident
What would your life look like if you had brushed your teeth for just ten seconds longer? In January 2020, 27-year-old paramedic Emma Mickle...
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Challenge what you think it’s like to live with disability. Hosts Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin speak to people living with disabilities about their lives and ask them the questions you...
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20 of 195 episodesAI Is Failing People With Disability. A Blind Engineer Explains Why
Three buses passed Santiago “Santi” Velasquez because he could not see when to hail them. Instead of accepting that public transport was not...
He Was Winning the Race. Then His Body Shut Down
In 1988, Mark Dorrity went for a run on a 35-degree day in regional New South Wales. He was leading the race when severe heat stroke caused...
Spencer West on the Truth About Being Seen
Spencer West returns to ListenABLE for an honest and powerful conversation about disability, accessibility and what it really means to be se...
“I Would’ve Been Happy Without The Medal” | Ben Tudhope
Australia’s winter Paralympic star Ben Tudhope joins ListenABLE for one of the most honest and emotionally grounded conversations of the ser...
Two Mates, One Chair: The Travel Series Changing Disability Perceptions
What happens when two best mates decide not to let disability stop them from seeing the world? In this episode of ListenABLE, Dylan Alcott a...
Australia’s First Wheelchair Netball Umpire | Brodie Taylor’s Story
What happens when someone refuses to accept the limits placed on them? This week on ListenABLE, Angus O’Loughlin and Dylan Alcott sit down w...
“My Partner Shot Me. I Survived.” | Surviving Domestic Violence
What happens when a single moment changes your life forever? In this powerful episode of ListenABLE , Larissa Camp shares the harrowing stor...
"Being Autistic Makes Me a Better Artist" artist daine
Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter daine joins Dylan Alcott and Angus O'Loughlin for a conversation that is equal parts funny, raw, and g...
Revenge attack at 5 - Surviving Childhood Trauma with Spencer Connelly
In this episode of ListenABLE , Angus sits down with Spencer Connelly for a conversation that is confronting, inspiring and incredibly human...
"My Heart Stopped for 3 Minutes, and It Changed Everything"
When Joshua Ruff’s heart stopped for three minutes , everything changed. Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) since childhood, Josh...
“Some Girls Won’t Date Me Because of My Disability” (Colin Judge’s Truth)
Colin Judge was born with one arm and no legs, and today he is a Paralympic table tennis player, speaker, and analyst living in Dublin. In t...
“A Diagnosis Changed Everything… and Nothing” | Kelly Berger (Rare Disease Story)
What happens when you finally get the diagnosis that explains your whole life… and what doesn’t it change at all? In this powerful episode o...
The Day Kelly Finally Got Answers After Years of Misdiagnosis
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Disability Pride, Para Sport and the Power of Storytelling with Elizabeth Wright
In this episode, Elizabeth Wright shares her journey from being a Paralympic swimmer to becoming a sports journalist. She discusses the chal...
Designing Beauty with Disability in Mind | Storm Menzies and Holly Sultana
In this episode of ListenABLE , Dylan and Angus sit down with Storm and Holly, the founder and brand ambassador of ByStorm Beauty , a trailb...
Inside Parliament: Senator Jordon Steele-John on Disability, Politics, and Representation
Australian Senator Jordon Steele-John joins Dylan Alcott and Angus O'Loughlin to share what life is really like inside Parliament as a wheel...
"Had a couple of gin & tonics and fell pregnant" | Karni Liddell on parenting with disability
In this episode of the ListenABLE with Karni Liddell she opens up about her incredible journey from being diagnosed with a neuromuscular con...
"I went surfing yesterday" | Shark Attack to Snowboarder with Sean Pollard
In this episode of Listenable , hosts Angus O'Loughlin and Dylan Alcott sit down with Sean Pollard , a para snowboarder and shark attack sur...
ParaMatildas Captain Carly Salmon | Life with Cerebral Palsy
In this episode of ListenABLE , hosts Dylan Alcott and Angus O'Loughlin sit down with Carly Salmon – athlete, teacher, and captain of...