Raising women with disabilities up through shared stories
Globally, the statistics tell us that over 1 billion people live with a disability, and 80% of them live in a developing country. The cycle of poverty and disability can only be broken if the rights and needs of people with disabilities are addressed. I am so happy to know […]
Our latest Inspired contributor is Phoukong. This young woman has taken up the challenge of finding employment – not an easy task in a country with limited opportunities for most, and made more challenging when you add disability to the mix. Phoukhong reminds us that, with support anything is possible. […]
Did you know that Laos is home to many rare and unique and exotic animals including tigers, black bears, elephants, deer, dolphins, gibbons, giant catfish and crocodiles? What you may not know is that Laos is also home to some of the most dangerous snakes in the world. Done Sayachak […]
PhouthAlee Vongsamai is many things – she is a mother, a wife, an employee, a nonprofit business manager, a friend to many, a woman with disability and an advocate for others. She is also proof of what is possible if you have strong, supportive mothers, mentors and role models who […]
Deafness is an invisible disability, which has can create a range of issues when navigating the world, different issues to ones faced by those of us who have more obvious disabilities. Often there are no visible signs that a person who is deaf has disability, no white cane, no wheelchair. […]
Weightlifting, women and wheelchair users are not often things that go together. Not so for Mee Vithaya, whose love of her sport and her resolve to follow her passion has led her to combining this unique set of attributes. Mee’s world is one in which she is pushing many […]
What is life like when you are a woman with disability living in Laos? Inspired stories about everyday women with disabilities leading everyday lives, give us an opportunity to meet women from all over the world, learn more about them and share a slice of everyday life from their unique […]
“Anyway, I am a woman, and this is enough.” Powerful words from our latest Inspired storyteller, Fatine Oliveira who has given us insight into her journey as a woman with disability. Inspired stories have the power to resonate with all women across the world, across many languages and cultures. As […]
When you think of yoga, what images spring to mind? Lithe supple Swami’s doing headstands and downward dog? People forming the lotus position, stretching salutations to the sun, or literally bending over backwards? Yoga is not something I would have usually associated with disability but knowing Reveca Torres has changed […]
When you hear the words flesh eating virus, does it conjure up images of exotic locations around the world far removed from where we live? Do you wonder what type of people can get infected with a flesh-eating bug? It turns out, ordinary people like you, me and Kerryn Harvey. […]
Hi. Nice to meet you! I’m Chris, wheelchair user, mother, drinker of gin, lover of all thing sweet and salty, adventurer, and cat lover. I live in Geraldton, Western Australia with my husband Zane, a deep thinker, recreational cyclist and all-round good guy. I have always been a “glass half […]