Where disability meets LGBTIQ+

Choice and Control

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The NDIS is here to help all Australians, but not everybody is comfortable sharing their story with service providers or official agencies. If you've experienced discrimination in that environment in the past, it's understandable you'd be reluctant to put yourself in that situation again.

One of the groups who have faced generations of discrimination in Australia are the LGBTIQ+ community.

To make sure our services are welcoming and accessible to everybody, Carers Queensland now has a new way to get in touch. During World Priode celebrations we launched a new email address - rainbow@carersqld.com.au - that connects you with a Rainbow Responder. They're Carers Queensland staff who are themselves LGBTIQ+ and can support your enquiry from a place of lived experience and compassion.

To find out more about sitting at the intersection of the rainbow community and the disability community, we caught up with Brisbane's Tim Lachlan. Tim's neurodivergent, queer and uses a wheelchair, and says each of those elements of his identity have shaped his experiences.

Tim's an accomplished wheelchair motocross athlete and recently achieved his qualifications as an occupational therapist. He's already run events and skill building sessions for other wheelchair users, and will be using his blend of personal experience and clinical skills to support other people with disability.

Useful links

Transcript for this episode (Word): https://carersqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Choice-and-Control-episode-38-Tim-Lachlan-transcript.docx
Find out more about Tim Lachlan: https://carersqld.com.au/tim-showcases-skateboarding-skills-to-people-with-disability/
Find out more about how Carers Queensland supports LGBTIQ+ people: https://carersqld.com.au/about-us/lgbtiq/
Carers Queensland upcoming events and workshops: www.carersqld.com.au/events
Carers Queensland NDIS on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarersQueenslandNDIS
Register for LAC Connect: https://carersqld.com.au/lac-connect-signup/

Credits

Interview: Fiona Stutz
Production: Jodie van de Wetering

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