Be an ally on International Day of People with Disability

Eliza Hull  

Eliza Hull is an award-winning musical artist, writer and journalist based in Castlemaine, Victoria. She produced the Radio National series We’ve got this – Parenting with a Disability, which has also become an international book.

Eliza is a disabled woman, with a physical disability ‘Charcot Marie Tooth.’ She is a disability advocate and has been a disability advisor for ABC’s Play School and Arena Theatre.

Eliza is also a regular writer for ABC News and wrote and produced the ABC Kids show ‘And Then Something Changed’ about a child with disability, which won the MIPCOM Diversity Award.

She is the co-writer of the award-winning children’s book ‘Come Over to My House’ which authentically represents various families with disability, it was recently the recipient of the DANZ Diversity award and the Speech Pathology book of the year.

Eliza has spoken at Parliament House, for the NDIS, SXSW and at the Human Rights Conference ‘Free and Equal.’ She is passionate about advocating for an accessible music industry, and consults with organisations including BIGSOUND, The ARIAS and APRA AMCOS in the music space. 

Here They Come is Eliza’s most recent record, which she was awarded the ‘Women in Music’ award for. She has been performing, touring, and promoting the release of the record in Australia and Internationally, as well as running song writing workshops for local communities in partnership with APRA AMCOS and Creative Australia.

She is currently the Disability Arts Reporter for ABC Melbourne and is working on her sixth record.

Peta Hooke

Peta Hooke is a passionate disability advocate who loves a chat. Peta lives in Melbourne and has the lifelong disability of Cerebral Palsy. She is the creator and host of The I Can’t Stand Podcast.

A weekly podcast answering questions about life, when you have a disability. Peta has interviewed an extensive number of disabled people, including disability advocates, actors, performers, politicians, business owners, lawyers, and authors. She firmly believes that when you have a disability, everyone has a story to tell.

When Peta has stories in her back pocket, like the time she was rescued by 6 firemen, in that notoriously dangerous place; known as a library. Why wouldn't any other disabled person have a cracking story to share with Peta's podcast audience?

The I Can't Stand Podcast can be found on all major podcasting platforms including Apple, Google and Spotify.

When Peta is not in front of her microphone, she is a busy disability consultant, helping educators, workplaces, tourism providers and businesses better understand how to be inclusive to disabled people. Away from work, Peta is happiest sipping margaritas in the sunshine with friends. 

Sam Drummond

Sam Drummond is an author, lawyer and disability advocate. He has contributed to Growing Up Disabled in Australia, Growing Up in Australia, and We've Got This: Stories of Disabled Parenting. His recent memoir Broke recounts his experiences as a disabled child in a single parent family in country Victoria, shining a light on multiple forms of disadvantage. Sam's career has spanned media, politics and law, and he now specialises in human rights and discrimination law. When not working or parenting, he enjoys swimming marathons and furiously weeding the native bushlands of Central Victoria.