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Adelaide dance theatre creative producer Roz Hervey is making the most of every moment. About 18 months ago, tests showed Roz had motor neurone disease (MND) – and her world came tumbling down. ‘The diagnosis was a shock and my partner and I spent 2 or 3 weeks in total fight or flight mode just dealing with that and having to tell our friends and family and my beautiful kids,’ Roz, 58, said. ‘But then I quite quickly decided, knowing I had a short period left, that I could sit in a corner and cry, or I could just seize...

Kyle Freeman has begun a journey towards achieving his goal of becoming a professional artist. The 20-year-old, from Ceduna on South Australia’s remote west coast, is flourishing, thanks to the right supports. Kyle is discovering his own potential and identity as a young First Nations man from Wirangu country, with support from the NDIS. ‘I just love drawing. It makes my heart feel warm,’ Kyle says. ‘I get my ideas from inside my head, and sometimes from my phone.’ Kyle had a stroke as a child, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury and weakness on the right side of...

Deanside mum of 3 Margie Mutambara can’t believe her daughter, Mia, is 12. ‘When Mia was born, and with the severity of her disabilities, doctors didn’t think she would make it to her first birthday,’ Margie said. ‘Since then every birthday has been so special. It’s been a remarkable journey – one I personally call my testimony, my miracle story!’ she added. Mia was born with a rare disability called Lobar Holoprosencephaly due to a midline cleft lip and palate. ‘Usually when people have a cleft lip it just affects their lip, but when you have a ‘midline’ it’s neurological,’...