Being Me: Cory

Being Me: Sarah Morrell

Sarah Morrell has a rare genetic condition called Morquio IV which means she is just one metre tall....

Being Me: Te Huia Apaapa

26-year-old Te Huia Apaapa is a gifted runner and triathlete known as ‘The Rocketman’. Te Huia has a...

Being Me: Joshua Sade-Inia

Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor who’s scars cover half of his body. To Josh they represent his ...

Being Me

The quintessential Attitude episode. Being Me tells the story of remarkable individuals who face the...

Being Me: Juanita Willems

Pre-Christmas Juanita Willems is flat out, collecting, wrapping and distributing presents for foste...

Being Me: Bailee Lobb

Installation artist Bailee Lobb uses her colourful works to explore lived experience of disability, ...

Being Me: Susan Williams 8/5/22

Non-binary performance artist Susan Williams adores theatre. Their latest show, Illegally Blind, is ...

Being Me Alix

Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...

Being Me: Brent Eyskens

Unable to communicate verbally, songwriter Brent Eyskens - who lives with Cerebral Palsy - has found...

Being Me: Cyrus

Resourceful 13-year-old Cyrus, who lives with Cerebral Palsy, wanted an accessible swing in the park...

Being Me: Jason

Throughout childhood Jason Edgecombe was different and suffered endless rejection. But a diagnosis o...

Being Me: Sam Smith

Sam Smith is a comedian and a new dad. He doesn't take life too seriously but he's just been diagnos...

Being Me: Aidan Terpstra

Aidan’s life changed forever when he was knocked out with a king-hit punch. The injury to his brain ...

Being Me Shakti

Shakti Krishnan is leaving his family to pursue tertiary life in the big smoke, and to prove to his ...

Being Me Sam

Sam Humphrey is the height of your average 7-year old. Except that he's not 7 - he's 22. However Sam...

Being Me: Jono

At birth, Jono Nelson was given just 24 hours to live. Now the Timaru-based hand cyclist, who lives ...

Being Me: Kiranjit Singh

Tetraplegic, Kiranjit Singh, is competing to qualify for the 2024 Paralympics in Para-sport shooting...

Being Me: Eamon

32-year-old Eamon Wood has travelled all over the world in his wheelchair. Now he’s back home in Chr...

Being Me: Gigi

Gigi, a sassy girl with Down Syndrome from a small town America has a big dream - to walk the catwal...

Being Me: Danielle Aitchison

Danielle Aitchison was born with Cerebral Palsy. As a child she struggled to walk, but her family en...

Being Me: Dillon Maydon

Dillon's life was altered at just eighteen when he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare ge...

Being Me: Geneva

Geneva Tino's cerebral palsy means she needs a TalkLink device to communicate... ironically the 24-y...

Being Us: Andrey and Eilish

Best friends Andrey and Eilish are the Yin to each other's Yang and would be lost without one anothe...

Being Me: Lusi

Groundbreaking performer Lusi Faiva reconnects with her Samoan heritage as she makes her mark on Wel...

Being Me: Cody Steps Up

Tetraplegia hasn’t stopped wheelchair rugby star Cody Everson from stepping up to adulthood. He owns...

Being Me: Eltje

Eltje lived for cycling and competing. While out training, she was struck by a car and suffered a tr...

Being Me: Devon Briggs

Para-athlete Devon Briggs was born with severe clubfeet, twisted backwards. The 18-year-old has end...

Being Me: Steff Green

Author Steff Green writes full-time from her home in the Kaipara Harbour. Legally blind, Steff was o...

Being Me: Hayley

17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...

Being Me: Claire

Claire Freeman's achieved a lot since a spinal injury that put her in a wheelchair at 17, a design d...

Being Me: Petra

When she was six Petra was diagnosed with cancer. She beat it - four times before she was sixteen. N...

Being Me: Ripu

Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...

Being Me Freedom

Freedom was diagnosed with eye cancer at three months old, having both eyes removed by age five. Now...

Being Me Nick

Nick Chisholm is a body builder whose body is paralysed, a talker who spells words out with his eyes...

Being Me: Rachael Leahcar

Australian singer-songwriter, Rachael Leahcar, was born with retinitis pigmentosa and at 25-years-ol...

Being Me: Robbie

Robbie Francis is 27, and doing her bit to change the world. She's bringing together disability, sus...

Being Me: Jared Flitcroft

Jared Flitcroft is a filmmaker, businessman, family man, and he is Deaf. Overcoming barriers to achi...

Being Me: Josh Davies

26-year-old Josh Davies is a stand-up comedian trying to turn making people laugh into a full time l...

Being Me: Ian

Ian Stewart is a flamboyant 24-year-old with an eye for fashion, beauty and soap operas. But when dy...

Being Us: Nathan and Michael

A friendship born out of a love for sport, Nathan and Michael's fates aligned thanks to their passio...

Being Me: Brylee

At six, Brylee Mills lost her arm, and has been coming to terms with it ever since. She's embarking ...

Being Me Rex

Rhys Davies was a successful I.T. engineer before a head injury changed life dramatically. He's not ...

Being Us: Liam and Shane

Liam has Down Syndrome, and while technically Shane is teaching him life skills, Liam's the one who'...

Being Me: John

Sport has been a huge part of John Marrable’s life since an accident put him in a wheelchair. His ma...

Being Me: Veronique Theberge

Five years on from an acquired brain injury due to encephalitis, Veronique Theberge is training for ...

Being Me: Carlos

Carlos Biggeman is an award-winning photographer, he’s about to publish a book of his work. He was b...

Being Me: William

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety as a child, 25-year-old William Luskie is now an...

Being Me: Erica

Born with a rare condition that affects her outward appearance, Erica Perry proves it’s what’s on th...

Being Me: Rachel Māia

Rachel Māia lives in constant pain, considering amputating her leg to reach new heights.

Being Me: Barney Looks Back

Barney lost his hands and legs from meningitis as a baby. At 25, he looks back on the life lessons ...

Being Me: Samarra

Samarra Wright grew up fearing she’d get MND - it killed her mother and many of her wider family. H...

Being Me: Jack

At 18, Jack Brown made a decision that would put him in a wheelchair for life. Facing his new realit...

Being Me: Sarah

Though born with CHARGE syndrome, 22-year-old Sarah Dalton doesn’t let it define her. She’s an avid ...

Being Me: Joshua

Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor. The scars, which cover almost half his body represent his ins...

Being Me: Ming Ming

Blind since birth, Ming Ming has never let that stop him being involved in everything from cricket t...

Being Me: Kasem

13-year-old refugee Kasem lost his leg and much of his upper arm in a bomb attack in Syria, which al...