Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman lost her limbs to meningitis as a baby. Now she's 11, and learning to do more on her own, with the help of two multiple amputee mentors.
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: Barney Looks Back
Being Me: Hayley
17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...
Being Me: Hayley
My Perfect Family: Courtenay
Demar Gear was just five months old when she contracted meningitis, leaving her unable to walk or ta...
My Perfect Family: Courtenay
Being Me: Ripu
Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...
Being Me: Ripu
Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman lost her limbs to meningitis as a baby. Now she's 11, and learning to do ...
Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Meningitis: An Insidious Disease
Barney Koneferenisi and Charlotte Cleverly-Bisman both survived the onslaught of meningitis but live...
Meningitis: An Insidious Disease
My Perfect Family: Sam and Jason
Sam lost her sight as a baby due to meningitis, and her husband Jason has limited vision due to a ge...
My Perfect Family: Sam and Jason
Bulletproof: Aleina Beer
Contracting meningitis changed Aleina Beer’s life. She lost her right leg and now needs a kidney tra...
Bulletproof: Aleina Beer
Being Me: William
Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety as a child, 25-year-old William Luskie is now an...
Being Me: William
Being Me: Cody Steps Up
Tetraplegia hasn’t stopped wheelchair rugby star Cody Everson from stepping up to adulthood. He owns...
Being Me: Cody Steps Up
Bulletproof: Tim
Tim Young was on the trip of a lifetime in Canada when a snowboarding accident left him a tetraplegi...
Bulletproof: Tim
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: Barney Looks Back
Mikaela’s Little Project
3-foot tall student Mikaela Singleton asks some of life’s big questions as she gets behind the camer...
Mikaela’s Little Project
Cody's New Game
After breaking his neck in a ruby game, 17-year-old Cody Everson has and to adjust to life in a whee...
Cody's New Game
Bulletproof: Bailley
Bailley Unahi was crushed when a balcony collapsed on her at a student concert in Dunedin. Paralysed...
Bulletproof: Bailley
My Perfect Family: Welcome Home Stevie
Murray and Janine's son Steven was a gentle boy with autism. 18 months ago he left their house with ...
My Perfect Family: Welcome Home Stevie
Guide Dogs: A Natural Bond
We explore the unique bond between guide dogs and their human partners; how it can grow, shape and e...
Guide Dogs: A Natural Bond
Growing Up Blind
Kyren is 9 years old and totally blind. Independence is hard work and he's thinking of giving up, bu...
Growing Up Blind
Maia and Letitia
Maia Amai's face was ravaged in a car fire when she was a toddler. She barely left the house until c...
Maia and Letitia
Salem's Ballet
Salem Foxx is only 13 and has already danced with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Dance has opened up ...
Salem's Ballet
Being Me Freedom
Freedom was diagnosed with eye cancer at three months old, having both eyes removed by age five. Now...
Being Me Freedom
My Perfect Family: Family Man Graeme
When Graeme Porter was diagnosed with an intellectual disability as a child no one expected him to r...
My Perfect Family: Family Man Graeme
Young in Aged Care
They're 24 people you want to meet. All are finalists in the 8th annual Attitude Awards, an event ho...
Young in Aged Care
Where Are They Now? Louisa's Baby
While her family raises her son in New Zealand, Louisa lives in Samoa. 2 year old Lance is travellin...
Where Are They Now? Louisa's Baby
The Lily Harper Show
Hosting her own chat show Lily Harper interviews herself, getting the low down on life as an indepen...
The Lily Harper Show
Bulletproof: Sophia
Sophia Malthus became a quadriplegic after being thrown off her horse. Follow this sassy young woman...
Bulletproof: Sophia
Bulletproof: Matthew
Carefree farmer Matt Bryson lost his leg in an accident on the family farm four years ago. He contin...
Bulletproof: Matthew
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
As the national Miss Amazing pageant in Chicago draws near so does the chance for one little 17-year...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
Being Me Alix
Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...
Being Me Alix
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 Sam
Barney Makes a Difference
Barney lost his hands and legs after an aggressive bout of meningitis. Now a high achiever, Barney i...
Barney Makes a Difference
In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
Three characters with different medical reasons for wanting to use medicinal marijuana reveal the hu...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
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: Gigi
Where are They Now? Shakti: A Message to My Younger Self
What's it like to go from being the cute kid in a wheelchair, to facing the mayhem of high school? S...
Where are They Now? Shakti: A Message to My Younger Self
Bandwidth and Bandages
Ashley Worthy has skin as fragile as a butterfly's wings; that will blister and peel at the slightes...
Bandwidth and Bandages
The Remarkable Mind of Dr. Jo Scott
Dr. Jo Scott had the world at her feet. Her son was one year old, and she was just two exams away fr...
The Remarkable Mind of Dr. Jo Scott
Green and Golden Couple
Chris Bond and Bridie Kean are both amputees who wear their scars with pride. This couple knows a lo...
Green and Golden Couple
My Deaf Parents
Parents and teenagers don't always see eye to eye, but what if they speak a different language? This...
My Deaf Parents
Louisa's Baby
Thirty-two-year-old Luisa faces the cruel reality that bureaucracy and her disability stand in the w...
Louisa's Baby
Living with Dementia: Neil
Seventy five-year-old Neil Timmo provides a rare and intimate insight into the world of someone main...
Living with Dementia: Neil
In Pot Pursuit: Part 2
California is a state where medicinal marijuana is legal, and dispensaries are plentiful. Meet peopl...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 2
Bulletproof: Gareth
A daring university stunt that went horribly wrong left Gareth Lynch with a permanent spinal injury....
Bulletproof: Gareth
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Each year over a hundred girls with learning disabilities gather with the hope of being crowned Miss...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Being Me: Jason
Throughout childhood Jason Edgecombe was different and suffered endless rejection. But a diagnosis o...
Being Me: Jason
In My Mind: Rodney
Wheelchair dancer Rodney Bell was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for three years. Back hom...
In My Mind: Rodney
Damiana Rides Again
For years Damian Day has cycled up and down New Zealand searching for a place to fit in. Has he fina...
Damiana Rides Again
Frontline Paramedic
Paramedic, Derek Eady, lost his leg after falling 5m from his own roof. He's refusing to give up on ...
Frontline Paramedic
Jono Brownjohn: Raising the Bar
Jono Brownjohn has more power in one leg than many track athletes with two. He wants gold at the Par...
Jono Brownjohn: Raising the Bar
Philip's Puppets
Meet Philip - a quirky puppeteer living with Autism. With the help of 2 puppets he's spreading a mes...
Philip's Puppets
Cam Finds His Voice
In 2013 Cam Dawson left his home for a new life in Auckland, a terrifying and exciting move for a bo...
Cam Finds His Voice
The Rise of Mary Fisher
Mary Fisher lost what little vision she had during her teens. As her eyesight deteriorate, her swimm...
The Rise of Mary Fisher
Dean Finds His Voice
Eighteen-year-old Dean Buckley has overcome serious health issues, depression and the judgments of o...
Dean Finds His Voice
Being Me: Heather
As Heather Lawson turns heads while walking the streets of Melbourne with her dressed-up walking can...
Being Me: Heather
Kiwi Blind Camp
Schoolgirls Natalie and Stella are both vision impaired. They'll be relying on each other as they na...
Kiwi Blind Camp
What's Up With Downs? Future
David Egan has worked on Capitol Hill, delivered speeches around the world in five different languag...
What's Up With Downs? Future
My Search for Words
It took Jo Scott years to become a doctor but just seconds to tear it all away, at least for now. Lo...
My Search for Words
Return to Tuvalu
Stephen Homasi was the Director of Health for the remote island nation of Tuvalu. He never imagined ...
Return to Tuvalu
The World According to Gary
Gary Endacott has run marathons and climbed mountains but nothing prepared him for finding work as a...
The World According to Gary
When Anthea Met Micheal
Anthea and Michael might seem like an unlikely couple, but the soul mates say they can read each oth...
When Anthea Met Micheal
Barry DeGeest: Beyond Thalidomide
From an international medical disaster comes one of the world's most colourful characters. Barry DeG...
Barry DeGeest: Beyond Thalidomide
Parenting by Sign
Sarah is Deaf and preparing to give birth to her first child. Having been there twice before, Deaf p...
Parenting by Sign
Amanda's Recovery
New Mum Amanda Lowry had it all. Everything changed after a freak surfing accident left her a Tetrap...
Amanda's Recovery
Jimmy Wants a Job
Twenty-two-year-old Jimmy Rae Brown wants a job, he loves film and he may just have found the perfec...
Jimmy Wants a Job
Sam in Hollywood
Sam Humphrey's lifelong dream was to be an actor. He was determined to never let his lack of height ...
Sam in Hollywood
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: Brylee
Being Me Shakti
Shakti Krishnan is leaving his family to pursue tertiary life in the big smoke, and to prove to his ...
Being Me Shakti
Erica takes control
Is confidence more than skin deep? Born with multiple physical abnormalities, Erica Perry weighs up ...
Erica takes control
Robert Martin: The People's Advocate
From life in an institution to sitting at the tables of power; Robert Martin has become a leader and...
Robert Martin: The People's Advocate
While I'm Still Sue
At 57, Alzheimer's is taking over Sue's life. Her son and now full-time carer, Adam, is desperate to...
While I'm Still Sue
My Alive Day
Cameron Clapp was 15 years old when he was hit by a freight train. It took both his legs and an arm,...
My Alive Day
Portia Wants a Job
When Portia finished high school she had high hopes of getting a job. She has volunteer and work pla...
Portia Wants a Job
Amanda's New Life
A freak surfing accident in 2013 turned Amanda Lowry's world upside down. One year on and Amanda is ...
Amanda's New Life
Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman lost her limbs to meningitis as a baby. Now she's 11, and learning to do ...
Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Josh Flannagan: Horse Whisperer
Humans and the way they behave have always confused Josh Flannagan but his special affinity with hor...
Josh Flannagan: Horse Whisperer
The Daverts
Michaela Davert, her twin brother Austin, and Mum Missy all live with a condition called Brittle Bon...
The Daverts
Blake and Ryan Go Flatting
Experts said they wouldn't live past the age of two but today Blake and Ryan Leitch are enjoying the...
Blake and Ryan Go Flatting
My Perfect Family: Scruff's Bunch
Kim Preston (Scruff) reckon's she'll be caring for her three adult sons with Autism until she 'carks...
My Perfect Family: Scruff's Bunch
Sam Goes Dating
Looking for love is never easy but Sam and Tania may have found their perfect match! With a little n...
Sam Goes Dating
Bulletproof: Ephraim
A 35-metre jump off a waterfall left newlywed Ephraim Gudgeon with a spinal injury. The self-confess...
Bulletproof: Ephraim
Being Me: Erica
Born with a rare condition that affects her outward appearance, Erica Perry proves it’s what’s on th...
Being Me: Erica
SheLift Part 1
Each year girls and women with various abilities and limb differences from all over the States meet ...
SheLift Part 1
My Perfect Family: Southland
Southland Disability Enterprises employs over 80 people who live with a disability. For Mary-Ellen J...
My Perfect Family: Southland
Being Me: Rachael Leahcar
Australian singer-songwriter, Rachael Leahcar, was born with retinitis pigmentosa and at 25-years-ol...
Being Me: Rachael Leahcar
The Truth About Disability: Part 3
The final chapter in a series revealing the �truth about disability,� there are plenty of laughs in ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 3
Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
Mark has cerebral palsy and a goal to fly to Africa to visit the children he supports through World ...
Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
Hunter's Universe: Hunter's World
Hunter is a young guy living with Autism. He has an unusual way of looking at the world. He writes s...
Hunter's Universe: Hunter's World
Four Go Flatting
Four young people reckon it's time they moved out of home and went flatting. But with intellectual d...
Four Go Flatting
The Value of Art
In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...
The Value of Art
The Truth About Disability: Part 2
Part two of a series revealing the truth about disability: a frank conversation on the more delicate...
The Truth About Disability: Part 2
Tegan University: Campus Life
Tegan has Muscular Dystrophy and uses a power chair to get around, so she faces a few additional cha...
Tegan University: Campus Life
Meet Alex Sneddon
Alex Sneddon's parents have always wanted the best for their son. Now the 24-year-old who lives with...
Meet Alex Sneddon
Turkey Ballooning
Hot air ballooning over Turkey from a wheelchair, Curtis Palmer is a passionate traveller and enjoys...
Turkey Ballooning
Kelly Downs Achiever: Kelly's Story
Kelly Fitzgerald is one of only two people in New Zealand with Down Syndrome that have their full dr...
Kelly Downs Achiever: Kelly's Story
Impact: Stroke
A medical stroke impacts the lives of more than 9000 New Zealanders every year. Here, we visit Middl...
Impact: Stroke
Being Me: Claudia
Claudia survived leukaemia, but the treatment that saved her life also left her with permanent disab...
Being Me: Claudia
Bulletproof: Anita
A life-changing quad bike accident at 18 left Anita Kendrick paraplegic. But with determination and ...
Bulletproof: Anita
Being Me: Rufus
Rufus lives in Kaikoura with his parents, but wants to live independently like his siblings. On a ro...
Being Me: Rufus