Leading with Lived Experience.

International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD) is an annual reflection to increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance of people with disability.

Celebrated on 3 December, the theme for 2024 was ‘amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future’.

Leadership WA's LeadAbility Course has been championing this objective for a decade, and this year marks 10 years of the impact of the Course within the disability sector.

In recognition of IDPWD, we were delighted work with the team at Activ Foundation WA, to create this video featuring Activ staff member, Melanie, talking about her recent experience as a participant in the LeadAbility Course. 

LeadAbility is a development opportunity aimed at growing the potential of people with disability, along wiith those who are caring, supporting and working within the sector, creating leaders who have the potential to generate change. Participants are given full Scholarships to participate.

Melanie talks about how her learning has positively impacted her everyday life, and the self-awareness and confidence she has gained from undertaking the Course.

LeadAbility Leadership Development Manager, Leanda Syme, reflects on the Course having been developed a decade ago in acknowledgement of the need to empower leaders within the sector, who have lived experience of a disability.

We invite you to view our insipring short video here.

LeadAbility was established and continues to run thanks to the generous support of the Department of Communities WA.

A huge thank you to our friends at Activ for this engaging initiative and to the generous support of the Department of Communities for enabling us to continue to deliver LeadAbility.

Discover more about the LeadAbility Course here or if you would like to help Activ to improve the lives of West Aussies living with disability, contact them at hello@activ.asn.au or consider donating at: Activ Foundation WA.