Inclusive-AF

09/03/2025

It only took us like 100 years to get our first podcast released! Special thanks to our friend Jason Whiter for his stories and charm. His reckless disregard for his own limitations speaks to our soul. 🏴‍☠️

07/03/2025

From deathbed to personal trainer, Jason Whiter is a machine.

Check out our first episode of Going to Fit on Spotify now! 🏴‍☠️

28/06/2024

Our course is so good that you'll want to pirate it!🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

https://buff.ly/3xosDAD

26/06/2024

More positive feedback on our first course! Thanks to all who have enrolled so far and for those who haven't... why not? 🤨

https://buff.ly/3xosDAD

21/06/2024

Already making an impact on our customers! Follow the link below to check out our new course A Brief History of Disability in Colonial Australia

https://buff.ly/3xosDAD

20/06/2024

After months of blood, sweat and paper cuts Inclusive-AF is proud to roll out and is now selling our first online course (written and presented by Jackson Trout) on our LMS, and what better place to begin our mission for a more inclusive future, than in the past.

Why?

The more we talk about disability and inclusion the more we draw upon historical events, and we realised that this is a history that is largely unknown.

So we are here to give people a crash course on some of the key events and people that have fought for the improved rights and visibility of people with disability in Australia.

People like Geoff Bell and John Roarty... don't know who they are?

Exactly.

This course is perfect for anybody working in or around disability who would love to better understand the historical experiences and perspectives. It's a tough read at times, but we believe that unless we acknowledge the past we won't learn from it.

Welcome to a Brief History of Disability in Colonial Australia - available on our website now!

Enrolling in this course broadens your understanding of historical narratives, fostering empathy and awareness of the lived experiences of people with disabilities. This knowledge will support you as an advocate for social justice and opens diverse career opportunities in fields like education, heal...

31/05/2024

We're loving the conversations around employing people with a disability. From specific employment sites (Shoutout theField.jobs!) and increased workplace accessibility - it's awesome. But, we've been spending BILLIONS on this since the mid 80s via Disability Employment Services (DES) Providers. So how's it gone?

The latest statistics show that the employment rate for people with disability is nearly half that of people without: 48% and 80% respectively (AIHW 2019). In fact, the employment rate of people with severe or profound disability has decreased since the mid-naughties. 48% employment is higher than the US and many countries, but falls short of the numbers being achieved in Europe and most developed countries. For example Sweden is at 63%.

We're not saying it's a simple or easy fix, but long-term meaningful employment is a deeply personal and individual consideration. Not a 1-1 exercise in plugging a gap. In his latest blog, Jackson Trout retells his experience with a DES provider. From getting ripped off by employers and having to take them to court, the anxiety of getting dumped into stressful jobs at the last minute to being told he can't leave until he fills out enough applications; you can start to see the issues. In fact; he's recounted that not once was he asked what he wants to do.

He's a brilliant artist and nobody bothered to find out.

We're not looking for smoke with DES providers, but rather want to bring to light the importance of individualised support and a strength-based approach to helping someone find their career, instead of a job.

"For many months I would have to go once a week and fill out an employment form, which basically meant I had to look up an employment site, make 10-20 applications, and write them down to prove that I had done it. Only then would I be allowed to leave."

Blog 👉 https://buff.ly/4bEViAj

27/05/2024

Every now and then you come across someone uniquely awesome that not enough people are aware of - one such person is James Thomas Wrench (1868-1899).

In his latest blog Jackson details what makes this artist genuinely inspirational!

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I’m currently reading Lorna Hallan’s history of disability in Australia, and I’ve just come across this remarkable anecdote. In the late nineteenth century, there lived a man by the name of James Thomas Wrench, who, despite being born with a severe physical disability, was still able to achiev...

23/05/2024

We've almost caught up with the blog images - here's the one Jackson whipped up for Tommy's Founder blog.

(Where are his tattoos? And that's a very generous hairline 🤣 )

Here's the blog 👉

In many ways it feels like I’m back to where I started almost 4 years ago – and I kinda love it. Being a beginner is fun, I’ve got my energy back, and I couldn’t be happier.

21/05/2024

Remember that time Arnie blasted a troll over the Special Olympics? Jackson does!

Here's the new image to Jackson's blog.
. and here's the link 👉

In late March of 2017, Arnold Schwarzenegger was visiting his native country of Austria for the Special Olympics World Games.

13/05/2024

Blog article new masterpiece!

This article was a challenge to the view that passion is the most important quality an NDIS professional can have - over professionalism. 🤔

Go to our website to check it out!

https://buff.ly/3JSS1RQ

LFG🩷🏴‍☠️

07/05/2024

All of our blog posts are getting custom drawings from our very own Jackson! Here's his redo for our post on accessibility! Thoughts? 🧐