10/05/2026
Dr George Taleporos shared something yesterday for Mother's Day that I want to make sure more people read. 💙
He wrote about his mother Kathy.
She was proud of him — deeply, fiercely proud. One of her favourite things was telling people her son was a doctor.
Part of that pride, he said, came from knowing how many people had underestimated him along the way.
Because as a disabled person, you grow up surrounded by low expectations. Society too often sees you as a cost. As a burden.
His mother never did.
She pushed people to see him as a contributing member of society. She challenged their assumptions. She got a little thrill from proving them wrong.
But alongside that pride, George also remembers her fear.
Her worry about what would happen to him if she died.
She knew how much support he needed. She knew how easily things could go wrong if people didn't listen, or didn't take his care seriously.
Every time she called, she asked:
"Are you okay?
Who is with you?
You're not alone, are you?"
Thanks to the NDIS and his support team, George says — he is okay. He is not alone.
That question his mother asked every single call.
Are you okay?
Who is with you?
You're not alone, are you?
That is the question every parent of a child with disability carries.
It is the question behind every late night search for the right provider. Every plan review. Every service agreement. Every call to Kinship from a family in Blacktown or Marsden Park or Quakers Hill who just needs someone to show up.
The NDIS answered Kathy's question for her son.
The families we support every day are counting on it to keep answering that question for theirs.
To every mother in the disability community — the ones still fighting, and the ones we carry forward — Happy Mother's Day. 💙
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📍 Kinship Uniting Services — Registered NDIS Provider — Colebee, Western Sydney
Referencing Dr George Taleporos — Disability Sector Leader, NDIS participant, and chair of Every Australian Counts
