Eleanor Beidatsch is a disability affairs journalist and science student. She has Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 1, a rare and severe genetic condition that affects around one in 10,000 people.
Adeline is a cheeky seven-year-old but her epilepsy has left her brain damaged, and the NDIS won't help, leaving her family desperate for access to therapies that could help her.
Evelyn Froend has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome which means she wakes every day in chronic pain. She needs to wear braces on many of her joints just to stop them dislocating, but her condition is not well understood by the medical system.
When Melinda Rea got her first wheelchair, no one showed her how to use it and she ended up almost tipping out onto her steep driveway. Now a skills workshop has given her the confidence to get over her fears.
Macklyn Woollard is one of more than 200,000 people living with autism in Australia. Despite the size of the neurodiverse community, the WA teenager says he struggles to find like-minded people being celebrated in the media.
Despite reporting to the police and obtaining a domestic violence order, Joanna's abuser was not held accountable, highlighting the need for legal recognition of coercive control.
Rebecca Evans has earned a formidable on-court reputation in powerchair football, but is the only woman on her team. And it highlights a much bigger problem.
Mike Trafalski has been volunteering with Vinnies Albany since he retired from teaching due to disability, finding purpose in meeting a lot of desperate people who need help.
People with disability are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity due to having extra costs such as medication and medical appointments, Foodbank WA's Kate O'Hara says.
Proposed shark-proof enclosures in the Swan River may save swimmers' lives, but so far only Melville Council is going ahead with the move — and there are also fears they will endanger dolphins that call the river home.
Looking behind the glitz and glamour of Australia's media and entertainment industry, a report finds people with disabilities face discrimination, poor access and and a pay gap, but things are improving.
Even within the normally inclusive LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities are often overlooked because of attitudes around disability and sex, but things are changing for the better.
Even if people with disabilities manage to overcome huge obstacles to flee war zones, they may struggle to access services once in Australia. A research project aims to change that.
Australian artists are unmasking their disabilities and pushing to smash barriers and change attitudes in music.
As a child growing up in Sydney, Emma Watkins was always enthralled by sign language and she is channelling that interest into a new passion project for children.
The updated national autism guidelines will focus on different forms of therapy for children, all of which highlight support over correction for people on the spectrum.
It's who you know in the film industry, but despite many hurdles, two Australian women with disabilities have massive international breakthroughs by challenging stereotypes.
Many Australians take travelling for granted but while some airlines are lifting their game, Eleanor Beidatsch explains why flying is often too hard for wheelchair users.
Geologist Melanie Finch knows all about the barriers faced by women pursuing careers in science and mining with even greater challenges for those with disabilities, but these trailblazes are determined to lead the way for the next generation.
WA researchers are developing a new mobile app programmed to detect speech issues in children, to make early diagnosis easier and help children like Daisy Hameister get targeted therapy from a young age.
With its huge land mass, inaccessible buildings and treacherous escape routes, Olena Yavorova and millions of others with disabilities are not able to leave Ukraine.
There is a growing movement in the fashion and beauty industry to develop products for and with people with disabilities, recognising a virtually untapped trillion-dollar customer market.
New research from Murdoch University lifts the lid on what barriers non-verbal people experience in using alternative communication devices.
When Perth mum Deema Audeh started playing powerchair hockey, she discovered an inspirational community and the key to her independence after being diagnosed with a rare degenerative disability.
Disability rights activist and science journalist Eleanor Beidatsch explains why life-changing medications, which help people with a degenerative disability, should be made available to all.
Eleanor has never seen another wheelchair user in her university classes and it's one of the reasons why she works so hard to succeed.