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Coach And The DoctorCarol Cooke & Jarad McLoughlinOn this week's episode, we firstly speak to the fascinating Carol Cooke, who is a Paralympian living with MS. She shares with us her athletic pursuits, as well as her time in the undercover drug squad in the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force.Following Carol, we speak to Jarad McLoughlin, an incredible broadcaster, disability and LGBTQIA+ advocate, living with Asperger’s Syndrome and Ayme-Gripp Syndrome.We hope you enjoyed this episode! Looking for meaningful disability support or advocacy? Check out our partners:JaeMan Support Gilda Care Support Coordination2022-11-291h 15
Amplified: Autistics in Conversation with Reframing AutismConversation with Jarad McLoughlinIn this tenth episode Ginny Grant begins by introducing the show and providing context about herself and Reframing Autism. Ginny then introduces Jarad McLoughlin, who is an Australian Autistic LGBTQIA+ and disability advocate and activist. In the conversation, Jarad reflects on his Autism journey after receiving a diagnosis as a young child. He discusses some of the barriers to understanding and accepting Autism at that time, including the lack of information, resources and role models. He talks about how he finally came to accept and embrace his Autism in his teenage years along with being part of the...2022-02-2730 min
WavelengthWhy is the LGBTQI+ community still invisible when it comes to the Census? (August 16th, 2021)Wavelength is back with a big show! We begin by chatting about the biggest issue currently facing Australia. That's right, it's COVID-19. With multiple states and territories currently in lockdown, authorities are racing to get the population vaccinated. We had a chat with Charlotte, who shifted from Melbourne to just near Byron Bay in NSW, about people's attitudes towards the jabs. We also have a team convo about the recent Census, and how it's seemingly left out the LGBTQI+ community. Also on the show, how does the Australian workplace culture need to change? Following some dismal figures...2021-08-1938 min
WavelengthShowcasing South Australia's Young Achievers for 2021! (June 28, 2021)This week, we profile some of the big winners from the 2021 Young Achiever Awards! Winner of the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Health Award, 21 year-old Tessa Deak from Mount Gambier has been a strong advocate for people living with disability and chronic illness. Hosting a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Night, she’s shared her story to help others understand her circumstances and not shy away from difficult topics. She’s also started a support group on Facebook, which led to her coordinating events like the Wellness and Wellbeing Festival and further her career on disability awareness and education. We also...2021-07-0131 min
WavelengthAre changes to the NDIS just going to make life more difficult for people living with disability? (May 31, 2021)Currently, there are 430,000 participants in the NDIS. Under a new government proposal, they would be required to undergo a mandatory assessment with government-contracted health professionals rather than providing evidence from their own doctors and specialists. While the scheme would be free of charge, it has received considerable pushback from disability advocates, as well as Labor and the Greens. To better understand how this would affect NDIS participants and the issues with the scheme, we talked to President of People with Disability Australia Samantha Connor. Also on the show, we chat to Dr Lane about the annual awareness...2021-06-0531 min
WavelengthHow can Fresh help kickstart your career? (May 17, 2021)Unemployment, It’s a figure that’s constantly on the mind of South Australian’s and in particular young South Australia. Fresh in partnership with the Marshall Liberal Government have launched a new initiative to help kickstart your careers. The online platform, which can be accessed at freshjobs.com.au, is designed to help connect job seekers with services, training and information to help people find work. On the site you will find all the information you need to help get you job ready. Jarrad sat down with our favourite executive produce...2021-05-2224 min
WavelengthHow prepared are we in Australia for natural disasters? (10 May, 2021)With events like Black Summer and more recently, the 2021 Eastern Australian floods, it has become impossible to ignore the natural disasters happening in Australia. With two ‘once in a century’ disasters happening only a year apart, are we prepared for what’s to come? In order to understand how the change is climate is contributing to extreme weather, we were joined by Professor of Biology (Macquarie University) and Climate Council Councillor Lesley Hughes. To better prepare for these events, the government is establishing a National Resilience, Relief and Recovery Agency with the aim to support local communities when responding to lar...2021-05-1430 min
WavelengthHas the government failed our refugees? (12 April, 2021)Refugees have never been far from the news over the past few years here in Australia, particularly since the election of the Coalition Federal Government back in 2013. The government has made no apologies for its strategy to stop people seeking asylum by boat, and has often drawn flak for its offshore detention programmes. Here in Adelaide, around 10 men are currently in temporary detention, some of whom have been been given refugee status, meaning they can't be sent back to their country of origin. We spoke to Mohammad Bavie, a refugee originating from Iran who's actually currently stuck in detention...2021-04-1428 min
WavelengthCould a vacancy tax solve homelessness in SA? (29 March, 2021)With hundreds of homes being left vacant in the Adelaide CBD, the idea of a vacancy tax has popped up to help those sleeping rough on the streets and make sure landlords don’t keep their properties empty. So would a vacancy tax provide the right incentive to help the homeless? We talk to Shelter SA CEO Alice Clark and the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness CEO David Pearson about the options available to combat the issue plaguing hundreds in the city. To get the government’s perspective in the issue, we chat to Minister for Human Service Michelle Lens...2021-03-3028 min
WavelengthAn inside look at Adelaide's Ambulance crisis (22 March, 2021)Chances are you've heard about the escalating feud between Paramedics and the State Government in recent weeks. There are concerns over growing times spent ramping at hospitals, delays in sending out ambulances and tough working conditions, with paramedics resorting to industrial action such as not charging patients for certain trips. While the State Government says it's committed to addressing these issues, there's no end in sight to the feud. To find out more, we had a chat with Leah Watkins, the Industrial Officer for the Ambulance Employees Association, as well as paramedics Jim Murchland and Lynsey Irwin, about their...2021-03-2238 min
What The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 8: Katharine AnnearOn episode 8 or the final episode ever of WTQ?!!, I sit down with Adelaide based autistic and LGBTQIA+ advocate, university lecturer and host of the Autistic Self-Advocast podcast, Katharine Annear. We delve into how the COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted and disrupted the introverted/extroverted lives of autistic and neurodivergent people, including those who felt hesitation when pausing and dealing with medical practitioners and specialists while under lockdown. Also, Katharine criticises the lack of oversight and systemic failings from both federal and state government departments/agencies e.g. the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) that transpired after the horrific, senseless death...2020-12-2652 minWhat The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 7: William BroughamOn episode 7 of WTQ?!!, I chat with British born and self-taught LGBTQIA+ media personality, broadcaster, YouTuber, campaigner and advocate, William Brougham. I retrace through William's lifelong love affliction with Australia stemming from soap operas e.g. Neighbours and how it eventually led to him becoming an adopted citizen of the land down under. I also hear how he has coped during the pandemic in Sydney while discussing at length the troubling, uncertain prevalence of mental health for those in Australia's LGBTQIA+ community, specifically young people struggling to comply to current federal and state government lockdown restrictions. Episode date: Sunday 30th...2020-08-3059 minWhat The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 6: Gabriel CarrubbaOn episode 6 of WTQ?!!, I chat with the incredibly talented and heartily laid-back actor, scriptwriter, producer and director, Gabriel Carrubba. I find out how Gabriel caught the acting bug and hear his unexpected emotional journey of self-discovery regarding his sexuality while surviving the social and academic toxicities of high school. We also share our coming out stories, while Gabriel elaborates if the Australian media landscape including in film and television programming is depicting accurate, realistic and authentic portrayals and representations of LGBTQI+ characters under the climate of denouncing bias, bigotry and prejudice in popular culture. I also touch on Gabriel's...2020-07-281h 00What The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 5: Alison Bennett (Paradoxx)On episode 5 of WTQ?!!, I chat with Adelaide's award-winning slam poet and performance artist, Alison Bennett, who also goes by her stage name, Alison Paradoxx. Alison reveals how she has managed to keep herself distant from other people in the current COVID-19 pandemic, why ableism is becoming more unsettling and disconcerting during this global health crisis for those with disabilities and with lockdown restrictions easing, why is Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and other chronic immunosuppressed and immunocompromised medical conditions the Achilles heel for those who might be considering or contemplating on risking their own lives to resume social engagement with family...2020-05-291h 04What The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 4: Daniel WitthausOn episode 4 of WTQ?!!, I sit down with Australia’s most reputably prominent LGBTIQA+ advocate, campaigner, educator and scruffy introvert, Daniel Witthaus. We touch on his ‘thirst-laden’ Instagram stories while self-isolating in his apartment during the pandemic, adapting to communicating and socialising online and how COVID-19 is directly or indirectly affecting many in the LGBTIQA+ community. Daniel and I also recollect on our decade long mutual association within the sociopolitical advocacy and activism sector, including our first ever meeting at a marriage equality campaign workshop back in 2010. Episode date: Wednesday 13th May 20202020-05-1351 minWhat The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 3: Kirsten HoldenOn episode 3 of WTQ?!!, LGBTIQA+/disability advocate, domestic violence, drugs and alcohol campaigner and diversity champion extraordinaire from Ballarat, Kirsten Holden speaks with me about homeschooling her young daughter while under lockdown and if staying at home for prolonged periods during the COVID-19 pandemic poses an increased, heightened health risk for people exhibiting and developing symptoms for depression, high anxiety or other mental health conditions. Kirsten also touches on the bribery stoush between Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier of the State of Victoria Daniel Andrews over reopening schools. Episode date: Tuesday 5th May 20202020-05-0540 minWhat The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 2: Thomas Banks and Imogen YangOn episode 2 of WTQ?!!, I hear from Geelong born disability/queer advocate, performer, founder and managing director of Centre For Access and stand-up comedian, Thomas Banks and his ‘full on’ friend/speech translator from Sydney, Imogen Yang. We breakdown society's harsh, prejudicial and discriminatory attitudes towards people with disabilities while out in public and why those insensitive, stigmatising behaviours still run rampant in this current anxious driven climate. Episode date: Sunday 26th April 20202020-04-2640 minWhat The Quarantine?!!WTQ?!! Episode 1: Samantha ConnorOn the first-ever inaugural episode of WTQ?!!, I chat with Western Australia’s own rebellious disability and human rights activist, bolshy diva and cripchick, Samantha Connor. We discuss how people with disabilities need to navigate the impactful and effectual consequences of keeping themselves safe from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and whinge/moan about Australian political actors being heartlessly ableist against those in our community. Episode date: Sunday 19th April 20202020-04-1933 min
Inform PodcastEpisode 03: Owning your future with Jarad McLoughlin2019-03-0513 min
DTF ClubDTF Club // Jarad McLoughlinJarad McLoughlin is a 33 year old aspiring, self-motivated and outspoken radio broadcaster, producer, DJ, political activist and freelance journalist who lives in Oaklands Park, South Australia. At 5 years old, he was diagnosed with Autism and has other cognitive and sensory impairments/disabilities including Ayme-Gripp Syndrome. In April last year, McLoughlin graduated with a Bachelor of Media degree, majoring in Journalism at the University of Adelaide and has since then involved himself with Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM focusing on producing high quality content centred on current affairs and socio-political issues. McLoughlin spoke to William Brougham about being exposed to naked male...2019-01-2955 min