Creating Change Together

We are a social profit organisation on a mission to create a world where people who live with disability have a fair go at what life has to offer.

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We need to talk about loneliness.
It seems it's on the rise. Why? What can we do about it?

We put those questions to people research shows are at increased risk of loneliness. Their experiences lead to great insight into what's going on, and how we can make the world a less lonely place for everyone. This video is a collaboration between Purple Orange, Our Voice SA and Inclusive Neighbourhoods.

We Acknowledge And Pay Our Respects To First Australians

We want to see a world where everyone is included, respected and gets a fair go in life. We can't get there without acknowledging that our office sits on the land of the Kaurna people. Like people living with disability, we recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people continue to experience inequality and division. We want them to know we are their allies. We believe their culture, history, diversity and deep connection to the land deserves our highest respect.

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We Are Hiring

We are seeking board members with a genuine commitment to inclusion and disability leadership, who bring professional experience in law, finance, or social policy (particularly advocacy and campaigns), or executive leadership. Will you join us?

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Incorporation of the Livable Housing Design Guide Standards into the National Construction Code

Today we joined several organisations to urge the State Government to support and mandate the minimum accessibility standards for new residential construction projects based on the Livable Housing Design silver standards under the National Construction Code 2022.

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International Women's Day 2022

This International Women's Day 2022 we are sharing stories of women living with disability who #BreakTheBias. Meet this year's nominees and learn more about amazing women who are advocating for the disability community.

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Get started and build your SKILLs!

We’re going digital with the SKILL workshops! Do you want to learn how to build your best life? Are you interested in building an NDIS plan with the supports that you want? Reach your goals, choose your own adventure and more!

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How can we create inclusive communities?

The only way our communities will become truely inclusive of people living with disability, is if they are involved in planning and decision making. Here is a great example of what that looks like.

Your Stories: International Day of People with Disability 2021

This International Day of People with Disability, we asked people why it is important to have people with disability as leaders in the community. These are the stories we received.

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Podcast: Evolution of Self-Understanding

Leanne's relationship with understanding herself as a disabled woman is a complex and ever-evolving process. She's at a point where she feels empowered and in control of her own narrative. This is her story of arriving there.

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Podcast: Claiming your right to risk [rerun]

Purple Orange is growing! We've hired so many great new staff recently, including Ellen Fraser-Barbour who featured in our second ever podcast episode. It's a great one about claiming your right to risk when you live with disability. It's definitely worth a listen!

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A MOMENT OF ME

Angus

My parents advocated for me until I was 16. They would meet with my teachers regularly before the new year, and the advice fed back to me. Looking back now, I wasn’t too fussed about it at that time, because I thought that was the way it was. In hindsight, even if I didn’t have confidence to speak up, it would have been good to have been in the meetings.

Things really changed for me when I got to meet other young people living with disability, and I learnt their approach to life. Tips and tricks like how to do certain things like applying for my driver’s licence.

That’s the benefit of peer support – hearing from other people, what they’ve done and applying it to your own situation.

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(Angus is the admin officer for the Enabled Youth Disability Network (EYDN). It’s a peer network for young people living with disability to connect, learn from one another and build skills and confidence in advocating for themselves. Learn more about EYDN on their website.)

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