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    Our Stories

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    Daisy Walton

    Daisy Walton, a proud Kunja/Mithaka woman, has generously donated her art piece to QDN to be used as a design for the Longreach Gidgee Yarning Circle. Daisy describes the piece as a “representation of the group”.
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    Our stories

    We love to hear and share the stories of our members and supporters. Here are their stories.

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    Danielle Pittis leading Diversibility in Mount Isa

    Danielle Pittis who has been a QDN member since 2020 and graduated in the first cohort of QDN’s Emerging Leaders program in 2021. Danielle says that the program “…gave me the opportunity to become a leader and grow my leadership within QDN, and other parts……
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    Carmen is smiling for the photo, sitting in her electric wheelchair. She has blonde hair tied back in a high bun. She wears a white and pink floral dress.

    Carmen Jen

    Carmen’s journey into her leadership position, has been one full of resilience and adaption. From navigating her diagnosis, and professional pathways, to leadership opportunities within QDN and across Queensland….
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    Uncle Willie Prince, storyteller, athlete and advocate for inclusive sport

    QDN life member, Peer leader, QDN Consultant
    Uncle Willie Prince’s journey is as powerful as it is poignant. Born on the Cherbourg mission on Wakka Wakka country, he is a proud Kalkadoon man whose early separation from community shaped his resilience….
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    Janelle Colquhoun championing access through lived experience

    QDN Member, QDN Consultant
    For Janelle Colquhoun, music and sport have always gone hand in hand. A classically trained soprano who has performed on stages around the world, she also lives with disability, which has shaped her advocacy for inclusion….
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    Sara-Ashlee Tait seeing solutions, not obstacles in sport

    QDN Member, QDN Consultant
    “I am what they call a multi-sport athlete,” Sara begins. “I first started out in athletics as soon as I can remember. I played basketball, went to World Juniors for athletics, did Nationals in basketball, even joined the shadow squad for the under-25 Australian team.”…
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    Brenton Koch creating pathways for inclusion in sport

    QDN Member, QDN Consultant
    “Every child, every adult — regardless of ability — should be able to pull on a club shirt and feel like they belong.”…
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    Share your story with QDN

    QDN’s policy team is keen to hear from members and people with disability about the issues impacting your lives.

    Our members are at the centre of everything we do, and by collecting your stories and experiences, we can ensure that your voices inform our policy and advocacy work.

    If you have any questions, please contact the policy team at qdn@qdn.org.au or 1300 363 783.

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