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The future looks bright for Jeff Gooding. He feels he has found a new family – a house manager, support workers and house mates who all have his best interests at heart. Jeff, 50, has Multiple Sclerosis (MS). He also has seizures resulting in partial memory loss. Both challenging conditions, Jeff lived in Woolloomooloo with his elderly mum, who cared for him until she sadly passed away. Never married, an only child and with no children, Jeff lived alone until he had a fall. Not able to walk or manage on his own, he ended up in residential aged care...

Melissa is enjoying a fulfilling career thanks to a few bits of assistive technology and some simple workplace adjustments.

More than 45 years after he bravely helped blaze a trail of inclusivity and marched into the history books of Australia, Melbourne’s Peter Ohlson, an original 78er, will once again march with pride at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this year. Peter, who is legally blind and has limited mobility after having multiple strokes as a teenager, will again take to the streets to wave the flag for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and diversity. Despite Peter’s challenges, with support from the NDIS, he will celebrate his identity alongside his loving partner of 34 years, Adrian, and hundreds of thousands of others...