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The Truth About Disability: Part 2
Part two of a series revealing the truth about disability: a frank conversation on the more delicate subjects.
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Being Me: Cody Steps Up
Tetraplegia hasn’t stopped wheelchair rugby star Cody Everson from stepping up to adulthood. He owns...
Being Me: Cody Steps Up
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Bulletproof: Tim
Tim Young was on the trip of a lifetime in Canada when a snowboarding accident left him a tetraplegi...
Bulletproof: Tim
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Bulletproof: Jezza
A canyoning accident in Switzerland left Jezza Williams a tetraplegic. An adventurer at heart, just ...
Bulletproof: Jezza
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In My Mind: Breaking Point
To endure a breakdown at the pinnacle of your sporting career is tough. Former NRL star Paul Whatuir...
In My Mind: Breaking Point
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In My Mind: Midlife Crisis
Middle-aged males often top mental health statistics. Here, Gen Xers and former comedians Willy de W...
In My Mind: Midlife Crisis
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Bulletproof: Ashley
30-year-old Ashley Treseder dived off a pier in NSW and broke his neck. Now fresh out of rehab and i...
Bulletproof: Ashley
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Bulletproof: Bailley
Bailley Unahi was crushed when a balcony collapsed on her at a student concert in Dunedin. Paralysed...
Bulletproof: Bailley
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Being Me: Hayley
17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...
Being Me: Hayley
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Jarrod's Second Life
Jarrod was like any other typical teenager, active and outgoing until a heart attack came out of the...
Jarrod's Second Life
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Where Are They Now? Maija's Story
We catch up with a delightful ten year old who loves telling tales... but Maija Fredrichberg's own m...
Where Are They Now? Maija's Story
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Bulletproof: Sophia
Sophia Malthus became a quadriplegic after being thrown off her horse. Follow this sassy young woman...
Bulletproof: Sophia
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My Perfect Family: Cystic Sisters
Kristy and Nikki are sisters and young mums who bring smiles to the faces of strangers by doing surp...
My Perfect Family: Cystic Sisters
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Bulletproof: Matthew
Carefree farmer Matt Bryson lost his leg in an accident on the family farm four years ago. He contin...
Bulletproof: Matthew
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The Remarkable Mind of Dr. Jo Scott
Dr. Jo Scott had the world at her feet. Her son was one year old, and she was just two exams away fr...
The Remarkable Mind of Dr. Jo Scott
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Tetraplegia: Tragedy To Triumph
Amanda Lowry was once a hard-core adrenalin junkie, living an action-packed life on the water, but t...
Tetraplegia: Tragedy To Triumph
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Bulletproof: Gareth
A daring university stunt that went horribly wrong left Gareth Lynch with a permanent spinal injury....
Bulletproof: Gareth
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Life with a Backwards Foot
Seventeen-year old Sean Prenderville survived aggressive cancer in his thigh bone and underwent a ra...
Life with a Backwards Foot
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Being Me: Ripu
Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...
Being Me: Ripu
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Being Me Rex
Rhys Davies was a successful I.T. engineer before a head injury changed life dramatically. He's not ...
Being Me Rex
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Frontline Paramedic
Paramedic, Derek Eady, lost his leg after falling 5m from his own roof. He's refusing to give up on ...
Frontline Paramedic
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Andy McDowell: Switched On
Andy McDowell has early onset Parkinson's disease, which impacts every aspect of his life. He hopes ...
Andy McDowell: Switched On
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Being Me: Eltje
Eltje lived for cycling and competing. While out training, she was struck by a car and suffered a tr...
Being Me: Eltje
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Being Me: Claire
Claire Freeman's achieved a lot since a spinal injury that put her in a wheelchair at 17, a design d...
Being Me: Claire
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Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury: Terry's Story
Terry was always the life of the party but at 56, everything turned upside-down when he was in a hor...
Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury: Terry's Story
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Being Me: Petra
When she was six Petra was diagnosed with cancer. She beat it - four times before she was sixteen. N...
Being Me: Petra
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Being Me Nick
Nick Chisholm is a body builder whose body is paralysed, a talker who spells words out with his eyes...
Being Me Nick
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My Search for Words
It took Jo Scott years to become a doctor but just seconds to tear it all away, at least for now. Lo...
My Search for Words
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Return to Tuvalu
Stephen Homasi was the Director of Health for the remote island nation of Tuvalu. He never imagined ...
Return to Tuvalu
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Ian's First Steps
Iron Man Ian Winson lost both his legs in a freak gas explosion. He desperately wants to walk again,...
Ian's First Steps
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Amanda's Recovery
New Mum Amanda Lowry had it all. Everything changed after a freak surfing accident left her a Tetrap...
Amanda's Recovery
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Surviving Schizophrenia
Elyn, Debra and Paris are each using their personal experiences and expertise to debunk the myths an...
Surviving Schizophrenia
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Diabetes: Back from the Brink
Paul and Boxer could have died of type 2 diabetes years ago, but against the odds, they've transform...
Diabetes: Back from the Brink
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Rotationplasty: My Backwards Foot
Having beaten an aggressive cancer in his thigh bone, 14-year-old Sean Prendeville is now facing a r...
Rotationplasty: My Backwards Foot
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Amanda's New Life
A freak surfing accident in 2013 turned Amanda Lowry's world upside down. One year on and Amanda is ...
Amanda's New Life
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Living With Parkinson's
Andy McDowell is a 48-year-old marketing consultant, husband and father to two young girls. He also ...
Living With Parkinson's
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Bulletproof: Ephraim
A 35-metre jump off a waterfall left newlywed Ephraim Gudgeon with a spinal injury. The self-confess...
Bulletproof: Ephraim
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Broken: Part 3
In New Zealand 36,000 people suffer a traumatic brain injury every year. The most severe go to ABI ...
Broken: Part 3
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Broken: Part 2
Traumatic Brain Injury can happen to anyone. But it’s often a hidden disability. In this series we j...
Broken: Part 2
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Broken: Part 1
Imagine waking up and not knowing who you are. Every 15 minutes a New Zealander suffers a Traumatic ...
Broken: Part 1
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Broken: Part 5
Terry, T.K and Jarrod’s lives were completely shattered after suffering a traumatic brain injury, bu...
Broken: Part 5
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Broken: Part 4
What is it like to start again? To learn to tie your shoelaces at 56, or to learn how to walk when y...
Broken: Part 4
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The Truth About Disability: Part 3
The final chapter in a series revealing the �truth about disability,� there are plenty of laughs in ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 3
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Tae Kami Tonga
Through her tough battle with cancer Tae Kami has developed wisdom far beyond her years. Tae looks a...
Tae Kami Tonga
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The Truth About Disability: Part 1
A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
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My New Life
19-year old George Cairney gives us clear messages about the dangers of drink driving. The teenager ...
My New Life
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Jess Teenager
Music, make-up and social media, Jess Coppock is a typical teenager, having contracted transverse my...
Jess Teenager
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The Value of Art
In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...
The Value of Art
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Wheel Blacks Special: Part 2
Wheel Blacks Special: Part 2
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The Truth About Disability: Part 2
Part two of a series revealing the truth about disability: a frank conversation on the more delicate...
The Truth About Disability: Part 2
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Wheel Blacks Special: Part 1
Are the Wheelblacks on track for gold in Beijing? They brought home medals in Sydney and Athens and ...
Wheel Blacks Special: Part 1
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Stefan Hadfield: Pushing too far
Stefan Hadfield is an extreme sportsman and his latest achievement has astounded the world's medical...
Stefan Hadfield: Pushing too far
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Reinvented Life: The Invisible Disability
Elizabeth Charleston, a former top model had a horse riding accident that left her with the "invisib...
Reinvented Life: The Invisible Disability
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Impact: Stroke
A medical stroke impacts the lives of more than 9000 New Zealanders every year. Here, we visit Middl...
Impact: Stroke
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My Perfect Family: Jo & Leon
Young doctor Jo Scott’s career was on the rise when a brain haemorrhage changed her life. Seven year...
My Perfect Family: Jo & Leon
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Ian's first steps
Iron Man Ian Winson lost both his legs in a freak gas explosion two years ago. He desperately wants ...
Ian's first steps
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Being Me: Ivan
Profoundly blind acupuncturist and radio enthusiast, Ivan, is 72 years old. He’s never let his disab...
Being Me: Ivan
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Being Me: Kasem
13-year-old refugee Kasem lost his leg and much of his upper arm in a bomb attack in Syria, which al...
Being Me: Kasem
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Bailley's Story: Flying high after devastating balcony collapse
Bailley Unahi’s young life changed forever when a balcony fell on her, but it didn’t stop her settin...
Bailley's Story: Flying high after devastating balcony collapse
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Ian's story: How I lost my legs and found freedom
Though things looked bleak after a deadly explosion, Ian Winson didn't let it dampen his determinati...
Ian's story: How I lost my legs and found freedom
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Nick Cornish : Hitting the high notes
Nick Cornish lost the ability to play his beloved oboe after he flew head-first off a mountain bike,...
Nick Cornish : Hitting the high notes
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Andrew's Story
Andrew Leslie sped down a bike track he'd ridden before – but he didn't make it to the end as planne...
Andrew's Story
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Bulletproof: Pieta
Pieta Bouma was just 19 years old when she broke her back while living in Ecuador. Nearly two years ...
Bulletproof: Pieta
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Bulletproof: Anna Parsons
University student Anna Parsons suffered horrific injuries in a climbing fall accident in the US. In...
Bulletproof: Anna Parsons
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My Perfect Family: Candle Dad
Raising four children alone is a challenge - more so, when two have Down Syndrome. Tony Sykes rose t...
My Perfect Family: Candle Dad
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My Perfect Family:Fragile X
To discover you’re the carrier of the genetic condition Fragile X only after your children are born ...
My Perfect Family:Fragile X
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Being Me: Joshua
Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor. The scars, which cover almost half his body represent his ins...
Being Me: Joshua
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My Perfect Family: Martine
Blind since birth, Martine Able-Williamson is now a global leader in the blind community. In this i...
My Perfect Family: Martine
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In My Mind: Breaking Point
To endure a breakdown at the pinnacle of your sporting career is tough. Former NRL star Paul Whatuir...
In My Mind: Breaking Point
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Being Me: Barney Looks Back
Barney lost his hands and legs from meningitis as a baby. At 25, he looks back on the life lessons ...
Being Me: Barney Looks Back
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Crips In Cars: Jack & Jayden
Jack Tame is a TV personality and host of Breakfast. Jaden Movold is only 14 but is already working ...
Crips In Cars: Jack & Jayden
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Crips In Cars: Jess & Jason
Jessica Tyson is Miss World New Zealand and a mental health advocate. Jason Gillard has channelled h...
Crips In Cars: Jess & Jason
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Crips In Cars: Paula & Hunter
Paula Bennett is a politician and former Deputy Prime Minister. Hunter McGregor studied media design...
Crips In Cars: Paula & Hunter
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Crips In Cars: Buckwheat & Don
Buckwheat AKA Edward Cowley is drag queen royalty and a Pacific health advocate. Don McKenzie is a f...
Crips In Cars: Buckwheat & Don
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Crips In Cars: Oscar & Deb
Oscar Kightley is a comedian, actor and author. Deborah Lampshire is a mental health expert, a mothe...
Crips In Cars: Oscar & Deb
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Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
Willie Waiirua is a social media influencer and musician. Darya Small is a social change maker livin...
Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
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My Perfect Family: The Fergusons Part 1
The Fergusons are an average family of five; they have fun, they fight, but mostly they get along. ...
My Perfect Family: The Fergusons Part 1
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My Perfect Family: Hunter
Hunter McGregor is a passionate gamer, a design school graduate, and he runs a B&B with his mum, Roi...
My Perfect Family: Hunter
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My Perfect Family: Welcome Home Stevie
Murray and Janine's son Steven was a gentle boy with autism. 18 months ago he left their house with ...
My Perfect Family: Welcome Home Stevie
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Unlocking Autism
As a neurologist and mother, Ros Hill is determined to unlock the mysteries of autism.
Unlocking Autism
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Timor Leste: A Love Story
Joel Morais Fernandes lives in Timor Leste, one of the poorest countries in the world. After a motor...
Timor Leste: A Love Story
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Outbreak: Vaccines
Vaccinations are a topic that polarises parents. Meet one mother who's certain her baby would be ali...
Outbreak: Vaccines
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Young in Aged Care
They're 24 people you want to meet. All are finalists in the 8th annual Attitude Awards, an event ho...
Young in Aged Care
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Where Are They Now? Louisa's Baby
While her family raises her son in New Zealand, Louisa lives in Samoa. 2 year old Lance is travellin...
Where Are They Now? Louisa's Baby
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Outbreak: Resistance
Antibiotics are a part of modern day life, but are we being prescribed too many, too often and to th...
Outbreak: Resistance
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Being Me: Geneva
Geneva Tino's cerebral palsy means she needs a TalkLink device to communicate... ironically the 24-y...
Being Me: Geneva
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Robert Martin Makes History
Kiwi Robert Martin is in New York at the UN and making history as the first person with a learning d...
Robert Martin Makes History
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Living with Parkinson's: Clyde
When entrepreneur Clyde Campbell learned he had Parkinson's at 44, he started the Shake It Up founda...
Living with Parkinson's: Clyde
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The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
As the national Miss Amazing pageant in Chicago draws near so does the chance for one little 17-year...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
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Being Us: Liam and Shane
Liam has Down Syndrome, and while technically Shane is teaching him life skills, Liam's the one who'...
Being Us: Liam and Shane
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In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
Three characters with different medical reasons for wanting to use medicinal marijuana reveal the hu...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
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A Father's Love
Cliff, 79, has dedicated his life to caring for his now adult children with intellectual disabilitie...
A Father's Love
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Seclusion
Ashley lives with autism, behavioural challenges and mental un-wellness. He's in a secure mental hea...
Seclusion
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My Deaf Parents
Parents and teenagers don't always see eye to eye, but what if they speak a different language? This...
My Deaf Parents
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Louisa's Baby
Thirty-two-year-old Luisa faces the cruel reality that bureaucracy and her disability stand in the w...
Louisa's Baby
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In Pot Pursuit: Part 2
California is a state where medicinal marijuana is legal, and dispensaries are plentiful. Meet peopl...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 2
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The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Each year over a hundred girls with learning disabilities gather with the hope of being crowned Miss...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
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My Perfect Family: Meet the Asners
They call themselves the "The Brady Bunch of Autism". Descendants of Hollywood royalty, Matt and Nav...
My Perfect Family: Meet the Asners
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Justice for FASD
Daniel and Jakob are 2 teens living with a surprisingly common, yet largely misunderstood disability...
Justice for FASD
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Dean Finds His Voice
Eighteen-year-old Dean Buckley has overcome serious health issues, depression and the judgments of o...
Dean Finds His Voice
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My Perfect Family: Rett Girls
Rett Syndrome is a severe neurological condition affecting 1 in 12,000 girls. Meet 24-year-old Sarah...
My Perfect Family: Rett Girls
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Being Me: Petra
When she was six Petra was diagnosed with cancer. She beat it - four times before she was sixteen. N...
Being Me: Petra
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Return to Tuvalu
Stephen Homasi was the Director of Health for the remote island nation of Tuvalu. He never imagined ...
Return to Tuvalu
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Parenting by Sign
Sarah is Deaf and preparing to give birth to her first child. Having been there twice before, Deaf p...
Parenting by Sign
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Robert Martin: The People's Advocate
From life in an institution to sitting at the tables of power; Robert Martin has become a leader and...
Robert Martin: The People's Advocate
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Marcia: Two Sides Of Me
On the Roller Derby court she's the revered 'Meat Train', but Marcia is starting to lose her hearing...
Marcia: Two Sides Of Me
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Together Apart
Everyday thousands of New Zealanders face loosing their loved ones to Alzheimer's. This is the story...
Together Apart
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SheLift Part 1
Each year girls and women with various abilities and limb differences from all over the States meet ...
SheLift Part 1
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SheLift: Part 2
Each year girls and women with various abilities and limb differences from all over the States meet ...
SheLift: Part 2
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My Perfect Family: Southland
Southland Disability Enterprises employs over 80 people who live with a disability. For Mary-Ellen J...
My Perfect Family: Southland
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The Truth About Disability: Part 3
The final chapter in a series revealing the �truth about disability,� there are plenty of laughs in ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 3
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Truth About Teenagers
Pimples, peer pressure and parents, being a teenager can be tough. Thirteen teens join us in a frank...
Truth About Teenagers
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Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
Mark has cerebral palsy and a goal to fly to Africa to visit the children he supports through World ...
Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
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Being Matt Frost
When the personal becomes political: Matt Frost, policy advisor and advocate asks us to take a walk ...
Being Matt Frost
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The Truth About Disability: Part 1
A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
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Hunter's Universe: Hunter's World
Hunter is a young guy living with Autism. He has an unusual way of looking at the world. He writes s...
Hunter's Universe: Hunter's World
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Four Go Flatting
Four young people reckon it's time they moved out of home and went flatting. But with intellectual d...
Four Go Flatting
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The Value of Art
In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...
The Value of Art
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The Truth About Disability: Part 2
Part two of a series revealing the truth about disability: a frank conversation on the more delicate...
The Truth About Disability: Part 2
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My Perfect Family: Kim Preston
Raising three boys is always a big task, especially when two of them have severe autism. But Kim Pre...
My Perfect Family: Kim Preston
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Beauty Queen with Down Syndrome: Aubrey the Amazing
Aubrey Armstrong is a 13-year-old from Mississippi and she is full of sass! When she's not bossing h...
Beauty Queen with Down Syndrome: Aubrey the Amazing
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What's Your Possibility? Olivia Shivas
Olivia Shivas is a young disability advocate living with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy. Shakti h...
What's Your Possibility? Olivia Shivas
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What's Your Possibility? Paddy Walsh
Shakti has a chat with Paddy Walsh. Paddy, a 15 year old amputee and sportswoman talks to Shakti abo...
What's Your Possibility? Paddy Walsh
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What's Your Possibility? Josh & Sophia
Sophia and Josh have very different disabilities. Shakti asks some tough questions about growing up ...
What's Your Possibility? Josh & Sophia
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What's Your Possibility? Emma & Lizara
Shakti discusses growing up with a disability with friends Emma and Lizara.
What's Your Possibility? Emma & Lizara
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What's Your Possibility? Rebecca Dubber
Rebecca is an accomplished Paralympian swimmer, with 4 medals over her career. Shakti and Rebecca ta...
What's Your Possibility? Rebecca Dubber
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Sir Robert Martin: A Human Rights Conversation
Sir Robert Martin's earliest memories are of appalling treatment in an institution. Now, he works wi...
Sir Robert Martin: A Human Rights Conversation
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Changemakers: Umi Asaka
Umi Asaka and her mother have Brittle Bone Disease. After witnessing her mother’s battle against dis...
Changemakers: Umi Asaka
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Bulletproof: Pieta
Pieta Bouma was just 19 years old when she broke her back while living in Ecuador. Nearly two years ...
Bulletproof: Pieta
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Change Makers: Dr Huhana Hickey
Dr Huhana Hickey is a key figure in the disability community. She's organising a hikoi to seek a bet...
Change Makers: Dr Huhana Hickey
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Being Me: Cyrus
Resourceful 13-year-old Cyrus, who lives with Cerebral Palsy, wanted an accessible swing in the park...
Being Me: Cyrus
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Attitude The Panel Ep1
Episode one of our new addition, The Attitude Panel where members of this session discuss the their ...
Attitude The Panel Ep1
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What's the Disabili-Tea - Mamie Rose
Mamie Rose lives with Williams Syndrome and is a passionate advocate who uses modelling as her mode ...
What's the Disabili-Tea - Mamie Rose