Nadia’s story

When organisations talk about disability leadership, often they mean a disabled person who can fit into the mould of doing the same work of an abled person. The far greater challenge is to broaden the scope of leadership to include everyone’s strengths, skills and experiences. The WWDA staff who led LEAD groups like Peer Networking brought their own unique approach to the group while allowing individuals to shine. 

Meeting so many diverse disabled women taught me a great deal about my community and myself. Sometimes I came to WWDA LEAD Peer Networking knowing nothing and learned so much from multiple perspectives. Other times I thought I already knew everything about a topic and when I listened, I found out there were so many people who knew things I hadn’t considered. It was an opportunity to meet and talk to leaders from across Australia.