JFA Purple Orange in Adelaide, South Australia | Community organisation

JFA Purple Orange

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8373 8333

Address: 104 Greenhill Road 5061 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.purpleorange.org.au/

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24.01.2022 A MOMENT OF ME "I contracted polio as a young child in South Sudan. Then I grew up in three different refugee camps in Uganda over 19 years. I used to live in a shell. I did not put myself there. Other people put me there. People always told me what I can’t do. They said things like nothing good will ever come out of me because of my disability. They also told me I will never have children. ... I proved everyone wrong. I am now an Australian Citizen. I went to university. I have a Bachelor’s degree in social work and a Master’s degree in Mediation and Conflict Resolution. I am a single mother to two beautiful daughters. I am an author. My first book, ‘Beyond Calamity’ was published in March 2019. My second book, ‘Blessed: Raising two daughters as a single mum with a disability’ has just been published. I actively raise disability awareness in the Australian African community, and also the wider community, through which I'm now regularly invited to speak at events, workshops and conferences. I ran for parliament twice. In 2014, as a lead candidate with the Dignity Party, and also in 2018, I ran as number four on the upper house ticket. For all of us who have been put in boxes, we should realise that's not who we are. People put us there out of ignorance. We need to get out of that box and educate people." - Esther --- You can find Esther Simbi's books here: Beyond Calamity: http://vividpublishing.com.au/beyondcalamity/ Blessed: Raising two daughters as a single mum with a disability: http://vividpublishing.com.au/blessed/ #AMomentOfMe #SelfBelief #MigrantStories #DisabilityAdvocate

24.01.2022 A MOMENT FOR ANN MARIE "I did not know Ann Marie Smith, but from the tragic circumstances of her death, her death shook me as if I knew her because as a person with a disability who relies on carers, I and many others in a similar situation could easily be her. When I read of Ann Marie Smith's death, and the details that would come, I could sense the vulnerability of being reliant on someone else to ensure I am safe and healthy. ... I could also feel her pain and how frightened she must have been being stuck in that chair with no one to call out to for help. Ann Marie Smith's death highlighted the status people with disabilities unfortunately still hold within society and demonstrates how far we have to go to be treated with the dignity and respect we deserve as human beings. Ann Marie Smith will never be forgotten. While she may have been alone and frightened due to a system that was meant to look after her and failed to do so, her memory is safe and secure in the hearts and minds of all those she has touched, even if she didn't know it. " - Ainslee -- [Image description: A black and white photo of Ainslee looking at the camera. She has shoulder length straight hair framing her face, wears glasses and a necklace, and a dark coloured top.]

22.01.2022 Do you live with disability and have a pet? What's the best thing about having a pet? What is the funniest thing your pet has done? We would love to hear your pet stories and they may feature in our Moment of Me collection.This is a growing collection of quotes, anecdotes and memories from people living with disability. ... If you wish to share your pet story, please ring Isabel at (08) 8373 8335 or email [email protected]. You can also submit a written story or audio clip to us on our website at https://purpleorange.org.au/stories/moment-me-submissions --- #ShareYourStory #PetLovers

21.01.2022 Join Enabled Youth Disability Network's next peer group meeting on Tuesday, 3 November to learn more about your rights. Don't forget to register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/youth-peer-support-meeting- --- #PeerSupport #DisabilityRights

21.01.2022 A friendly reminder about Enabled Youth Disability Network's peer support meeting next Tuesday. Hear from Carla from the SA Legal Services Commission about this month's topic: Knowing your rights. Dinner will be provided. The meeting will be at SACOSS (47 King William Road, Unley) on Tuesday November 3 between 5-7pm.... Youth Peer Support Network meetings are free for young people living with disability. A support person will attend the meeting but you are welcome to bring a friend or support person with you. Please remember to register at the link below https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/youth-peer-support-meeting- --- #PeerSupport #LivingWithDisability

19.01.2022 The Legal Services Commission of South Australia is seeking feedback on their current library of Easy Read Guides, which explains your legal rights, duties and services. Help to make sure these guides are accessible to ALL by sharing your thoughts on topics and legal questions that should be covered. To view the current library of Easy Read Guides, visit https://lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pag/easyreadguidesconsultation.php... Share your thoughts by emailing [email protected], or ring the Legal Help Line at 1300 366 424 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm Adelaide time). Submit your feedback by 18 December 2020. --- #LegalServices #EasyRead

19.01.2022 Have you listened to our latest Purple Orange podcast? Since the release of this podcast, we've talked to Kristy Hillier, HR Manager at Drakes Supermarkets , about the advantages of employing people with a disability in the retail sector. Diversifying your workforce brings in new strengths and skills and contributes positively to the culture of your business in ways you may never have anticipated. --- For a written transcript of this podcast, visit https://www.purpleorange.org.au//drakes-hallett-cove-whats

19.01.2022 Pooraka Farm Community Centre is hosting a free Family Fun Day to encourage local residents to reconnect after the hard times of COVID-19. This event is wheelchair accessible and will be held on Sat 1st May from 11am to 2pm. For more information, ring (08) 8406 8488.... --- [Image description: Photo is a poster for the Pooraka Farm Community Centre Fun Day. Cartoon images of farm animals and a farmhouse. Text says "Come join us Family Fun Day. Saturday 1st May 2021, 11am to 2pm. Pooraka Farm Community Centre 126 Henderson Avenue, Pooraka. Phone (08) 8406 8488."] See more

19.01.2022 A MOMENT FOR ANN MARIE "We need more funding, start the Volunteer Visitors Scheme, greater exposure to clients to their case managers, have a rating scheme where clients are ranked low to high in vulnerability and are given an advocate who regularly checks in with a flexible once a fortnight visit and regular phone calls if suitable for client to be contacted that way. Disability employment used to have a scheme where a client had a support person contact them on a regular ...basis and had meetings to discuss progress and needs and changes required. They could be a liaison between client and case manager/brokered care service. Better training for care staff, regular auditing of credentials and ability to carry out duties and understanding English is a major requirement too. I'm an old carer from way back and have worked in community service for around 30 years in different roles." - Eva -- [Image description: A selfie of Eva, who has short cropped turquoise hair, wears red lipstick and glasses with red frame. ]

17.01.2022 A MOMENT OF ME "There’s so much stigma around the word disability. Most people with chronic pain wouldn’t and don’t identify with disability, but I think it’s quite clear if there’s something that impacts your ability to live everyday life, like if your pain stops you from doing all the things you want to do or you can’t brush your teeth without too much pain, then it is a disability. And that kind of thinking is quite unfortunate, because you might miss out on supports tha...t you could be eligible for. For example, my biggest passion is travelling. But I do end up crying the entire time that I’m on a plane because of my pain, it’s excruciating sometimes. And often, I have to take up to 3 days’ worth of medication just to get through that 16-hour flight. But obviously what people see is, Oh my god, Akii’s travelling again. Their life is great, even though they’re ‘apparently sick’. This idea the idea that disability should look a certain way is what I’m trying to change with my work as Executive Director at Chronic Pain Australia." - Akii --- #AMomentOfMe #ChronicPain #DisabilityAdvocate

17.01.2022 What are the SKILL workshops all about? We talk to Cathy and Shane who attended our SKILL workshop at Wallaroo. They share some great tips from the workshop and what they learnt from their peers. If you’re still thinking about joining a SKILL workshop, it’s not too late! We have 4 more workshops in the Barossa coming up in November and early December.... To register and for more information on the SKILL workshops, visit https://www.peerconnect.org.au/skill/ --- #SKILLWorkshop #PeerSupport #NDIS

17.01.2022 Check out our latest episode of The Purple Orange Podcast! There are lots of reasons to consider hiring people living with disability, from strengthening creativity and innovation, to possible wage subsidies, and building your company's reputation. But when Carey caught up with the manager at Drakes in Hallett Cove, she discovered he had another motivation.... Something very simple and totally practical. It's something that makes his job easier. --- For a written transcript of this podcast, visit https://www.purpleorange.org.au//drakes-hallett-cove-whats

16.01.2022 Want to know how to bring your vision of your own home to life? Or do you want to learn how to keep safe and well connected? Join us in our last 2 SKILL workshops in Murray Bridge to learn more! Wednesday 4th November, Workshop 5: Feeling at home ... Thursday 5th November, Workshop 6: Safeguard your success For more information and to register, visit https://www.peerconnect.org.au/skill/ --- #PeerSupport #LivingWithDisability #SKILLWorkshop

15.01.2022 In our latest episode of the Purple Orange Podcast, Natalie Wade shares her thoughts on Ann Marie Smith and what needs to change in order to make sure a tragedy like this never happens again, as well as what we all can do to play our part in that. But first, she tells us about her law firm, Equality Lawyers, which is run by and for people living with disability. You can also listen to this episode on Spotify. Search for The Purple Orange Podcast.

15.01.2022 We need all kinds of people women, different races, cultures, sexual orientations and neurodiversity at all levels of our organisations to create our future. What are the benefits of having a neurodiverse workforce? Learn more at https://theconversation.com/neurodiversity-at-work-benefits ... --- Photo shows a group of people from diverse cultural backgrounds sitting on chairs and looking at clipboards against a background of a brick wall. #DiversityAndInclusion

14.01.2022 A MOMENT OF ME "I have worked at Romeo's supermarket in Rostrevor since 2017. I got the job by coincidence. Romeo’s was sponsoring people with Down’s syndrome to go to America for the Dream Ride experience. And through that I met Joseph Romeo. He had the same name as me! I gave him my resume and they employed me. Everybody in the store is nice. I like being personal with the customers, like talking to them when I help bring their trolley to the car. Sometimes it can be hard. ...Like when someone tells me to do one thing and another person tells me something different. Then I get a bit confused. Now I work two 2-hour shifts at Romeo’s. But I really would like more hours, if I could. I want to become store manager one day. That would be a huge responsibility. But you have to apply online at a lot of places now. It’s hard to find work, especially now with COVID." - Joseph --- #AMomentOfMe #RetailWorker #EmploymentStories

13.01.2022 Our latest podcast We Need to Talk introduced you to Nat, a woman living with disability in South Australia who is experiencing a severe lack of both quality and safety in her NDIS funded supports. We are now running an anonymous survey to collect your stories and examples of any occasions where you may also have received sub-optimal care when receiving funded disability supports. Previously, we have heard examples of support staff not showing up, agencies sending staff wh...o lack the required skills or training or support staff refusing to undertake certain required tasks such as cleaning, providing medication or undertaking tasks relating to personal care. If you have stories or examples to share about occasions where the level of care in your funded disability supports has not been adequate, then please tell us via this brief survey. Please note, we are especially interested in hearing from people who may have experienced poor quality disability supports in the past and how this situation was resolved. Complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YPY8VR -- [Image description: Photo shows a silhouette of a woman against a grey backdrop.]

12.01.2022 Do you live with physical and/or sensory disability? Would you like to make a real difference to a project helping people connect with peers and technology? Disability Elders of All Ages (DEAA) are looking for 4 people with lived experience of sensory and physical disability to join the Strengthening Empowering Connection in SA co-design group. ... As part of the co-design group, you will contribute to a Needs Analysis on technology use. Your contribution will enable Purple Orange to identify the state of technology use amongst people living with physical and sensory disability in metropolitan and regional South Australia. We would love to hear from people living across regional SA and metropolitan Adelaide who have a lived experience of physical and sensory disability. No prior experience in co design is necessary, just a willingness to share and collaborate in a supportive and fun environment. For more information, contact Megan at [email protected] or ring (08) 8373 8333. --- [Image description: Photo of DEAA group members smiling at the camera. From left to right, Jill, Tiffany and Jane are in the front row in their wheelchairs. Behind them, standing, are Anthony who has a mask on, Kathryn, Jane and Megan.]

10.01.2022 Earlier this year we explored the use of language used by people living with disability. We wanted to find out how different groups of people understood the words violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Click the image below to check out the video that covers our research findings. You can also download a written report or Easy Read version from the Disability Royal Commission website, at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au//examining-langu... --- Photo shows a screenshot of the DRC research report video "Examining language and vocabulary used by people living with disability". #LivingWithDisability

08.01.2022 "It's hard to validate myself when I feel stuck between able and disabled. Invisible disability is a blessing and a curse." - Erika Erika talks about how she finds strength while managing chronic pain in daily life. Read her story at https://www.abc.net.au//what-it-means-to-have-flu/12871698 --- #ChronicPain #InvisibleDisability

06.01.2022 A MOMENT OF ME "I think people when they see me, they just sort of see that there is a bit of, for want of a better word, facial disfigurement. And I think when they see that, they just put me in a box that meets their stereotype and they just go with that. But when I walk around, I actually forget. I don't even think about the fact that my face looks different, and that's how I'd like to be addressed. I'd like people to look beyond the surface and go below. ... I'd like to be seen as Tim Cahalan, the man who meets various members of the ALP, who reads extensively, goes to many movies a year, likes paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and L. S. Lowry, who listens to a wide range of music from rap to classical to musicals and soundtracks. That's who I am below the surface." - Tim --- #AMomentOfMe #IndividualityMatters

06.01.2022 Did you know you can share your story with us? Our Moment of Me project is a growing collection of quotes, anecdotes and memories from people living with disability. We are always open to hearing people’s stories and would love to hear yours! Write your own story or let our prompts guide you. You can submit a written story or audio clip to us at https://purpleorange.org.au/stories/moment-me-submissions... --- #ShareYourStory #LivingWithDisability See more

05.01.2022 Do you have an interest in improving the accessibility of public places and communications in your Council area? A regional group of six Councils in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island are seeking Access Project Advisors who have lived experience of disability. You could bring your experience, skills and knowledge to ensure that public place design and communications are more accessible and inclusive in this region.... The Access Project Advisors will attend Steering Group meetings and be paid for 20-25 hours of work. Training, mentoring and assistance with travel/out of pocket costs is also available. Residents or ratepayers in the following local government areas are invited to complete an Expression of Interest for these positions: Adelaide Hills Council, Mount Barker District Council, Alexandrina Council, District Council of Yankalilla, City of Victor Harbor and Kangaroo Island Council. For more info and to submit an expression of interest, visit https://www.ahc.sa.gov.au//Disability-Access-and-Inclusion Submissions close on Friday, 6 November 2020. If you have any questions, please email Penny Worland at [email protected]. --- Photo shows the upgraded main street in Victor Harbour town centre. Photo credit: Simon Vaughan and Wax Design. #DisabilityAccess #Inclusion

04.01.2022 Do you live in the Barossa? Join our next SKILL workshops where we'll be talking about community connection and how to utilise your supports to build your best life. Wednesday 11th November, Workshop 3: Manage your supports Thursday 12th November, Workshop 4: Connect with your community ... For more information and to register, visit https://www.peerconnect.org.au/skill/ --- #SKILLWorkshop #CommunityConnection #NDIS

03.01.2022 The South Australian Health Performance Council is undertaking a review about health outcomes for people living with disability and their experiences when engaging with the health system. The Council is holding a free online forum from 1:30pm to 4pm (Adelaide time) this Friday, 27 November 2020. They will be discussing their research findings and inviting anyone who is interested to share their thoughts. To register for the event and for event details, visit https://www.event...brite.com.au/e/health-outcomes-for-people- --- #LivingWithDisability #HealthForum See more

02.01.2022 The National Disability Coordination Officer Program is inviting students with disability to take part in a short 5-10 minute survey to better understand the experiences of study during COVID-19. Participation in the survey is voluntary and will remain anonymous. Your feedback is important as it will help to develop tools to support students with disability in the online learning environment. ... The survey will close on Friday 30 October. To take part in the survey please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZWS6NWH In completing the survey you will also go into a draw to win 1 of 5 $100 vouchers. --- #LivingWithDisability #COVID19Impact #OnlineLearning