The Disability Dialogue Podcast

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event 2025- Connecting to Community with Safe and Accessible Transport
This Disability Dialogue event was held on Friday 16th May 2025.
The even started with a panel discussion between the host Elly Desmarchelier and panellists Todd Wither, Emma Myers and Jared Simkus. They are all people with disability who shared their ideas on safe and accessible transport.
Then we heard from Dr Lisa Stafford who is an expert in accessible transport. She talked about her research about transport for people with disability and why It’s important for people with disability to be able to use transport.
Lisa said lots of people with disability think transport is difficult to use.
Then we heard from Quang Ngyuen, and Noah, his support person. Noah talked about Quang’s role on the Accessible Transport Advisory Committee and how he helps make transport more accessible for his community.
To finish the event, there was an open discussion with questions from the audience about transport with all of our panellists.
This episode was produced by Powered Media and Vision Australia for The Disability Dialogue in 2025.

The Disability Dialogue, Open Dialogue event: 'Belonging: Making Friends, Building Community'.
This Disability Dialogue event was held on Wednesday 16th April 2025.
The event started with a panel discussion on friendship with Todd Winther, Emma Myers and Elly Desmarchelier.
Then Sally Robinson and Tim Cahalan shared their research about people with disability and loneliness.
The research told us what made people feel like they belonged and what didn’t. They also shared advice about how to make sure people feel included.
To finish the event, Saranna Schultz and Megan Lampa talked about how they became friends through a leadership program for young people with cerebral palsy.
This episode was produced by Powered Media and Vision Australia for The Disability Dialogue in 2025