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Like many young people, 19-year-old Priscilla Ragesh wasn’t sure what she wanted to do when she was ready to leave school. Priscilla, who embraces her Singaporean and Indian heritage, lives with an intellectual disability, which impacts her memory, learning and understanding. ‘Sometimes I can’t remember long words and sometimes I find it difficult to read the (text) book and the questions, so I need to ask for help,’ Priscilla said. ‘School was up and down and friendship wise, it was challenging, it was difficult to make friends.’ Despite a sometimes-rocky road at school, Priscilla has many reasons to be smiling...

After volunteering to work at a local café, Isaiah Tori has proven how competent, dedicated, and charismatic he is, landing himself 2 paid 4-hour shifts a week.

For Grant Roberts, the chance to help propel inclusive tennis into the international spotlight at the Australian Open is just ace. Grant, who is deaf, will officiate at the very first Deaf and Hard of Hearing tournament in the second week of the Open. He’s Tennis Australia’s first ever deaf chair umpire. A NDIS participant, Grant has been training and learning to umpire during the past year through Tennis Australia, with support from the NDIS. Now, he’ll be overseeing the action at the first Grand Slam of the year. “We’ll be out on court for three days, and I’ll be...