Disability

Some people think International Day of People With Disability is only about awareness, but Matt Levy says that's not enough.

This is Michael Roeger's tribute to the coach who picked him up at his lowest point and took him to the top of the world.

Jonathan Goerlach was sitting in a Bondi cafe with his mates when he suffered a panic attack.

After a shattering diagnosis of MS, Emily Petricola went from 63kg to 115kg before two Olympians helped her become a world champion.

Being born without half an arm ended Michael Roeger’s chances of an AFL career. But his desire to be a champion is fuelling his Paralympics marathon dream.

One of Australia’s greatest Paralympic athletes is trying to crack the winter Olympics bobsled event as an able-bodied athlete. Here’s his hilarious account of his first season of cool runnings, alongside a teammate with ‘the biggest pair of steel nuts in Australian sport’.

When Jonathan Goerlach was 18, he worked as a barman. By 22, he couldn't walk around the pub without holding his mate's shoulder.

Ryley Batt's father would take him to the beach, throw him on the soft sand and make him struggle down to the shore. It might seem cruel, but it was the foundation of Batt's journey to becoming the world's best wheelchair rugby player.

Lakeisha Patterson has stared down cerebral palsy, epilepsy and online bullying. However, it’s the strength of her mother that leaves the Paralympic swimming star truly in awe.