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LATEST INTERVIEWS
Hugh van Cuylenburg from The Resilience Project
At twelve years old, while being treated for anorexia nervosa, I confided in my paediatrician I was worried I had too much baggage: "My medical file is huge; I have Cerebral Palsy, anxiety and anorexia [...]
Dave Jacka
"Sometimes the biggest challenge is people's perceptions of disability." Dave Jacka was four days short of his twentieth birthday when a motorcycle accident left him with C5 complete spinal cord quadriplegia and 6% physical function. [...]
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)
"What a day, is it wine time yet?" Australia's casual attitude to alcohol is such that excessive drinking is often normalised and the harmful effects of the drug are ignored. Marketing by alcohol corporations encourages alcohol [...]