What happens when someone refuses to accept the limits placed on them?

This week on ListenABLE, Angus O’Loughlin and Dylan Alcott sit down with Brodie Taylor, the first person in Australia to become a qualified wheelchair netball umpire.

Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at just seven months old, Brodie has spent his life navigating disability, accessibility and assumptions. But instead of accepting barriers, he found a way to create history in Australian sport.

Brodie shares how netball unexpectedly found him, how officiating gave him a new purpose, and why confidence is often the biggest difference-maker for people with disability.He also opens up on wanting a future career in politics, where he hopes to help drive accessibility and meaningful change across Australia.

Topics Covered

- Becoming Australia’s first wheelchair netball umpire

- Living with transverse myelitis

- Disability and sport misconceptions

- Confidence and self-belief

- Why representation matters

- Netball strategy and officiating

- Accessibility in Australia

- Future ambitions in politics

Best Quotes

“Disability doesn’t mean inability.”

“It’s you against the world. If you want it, go get it.”

“Once you have confidence in yourself, no one can stop you.”

“We can’t change everything overnight, but we can start.”

Chapters

00:00 Meet Brodie Taylor

02:01 Making Australian netball history

03:23 Diagnosed at seven months old

06:58 Finding netball and purpose

10:16 Becoming an umpire

13:21 Breaking bias in sport

18:10 Why politics is next

21:43 Confidence and disability

24:49 Advice for the next generation

27:14 Bowl of Uncomfortable

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What happens when a single moment changes your life forever?

In this powerful episode of ListenABLE, Larissa Camp shares the harrowing story of surviving a domestic violence attack that left her with a partial hand amputation and a completely different path in life.

At just 23 years old, Larissa’s relationship turned violent when her partner pulled a shotgun on her during an argument. What followed was a life-threatening fight for survival that changed everything.

But this episode is not just about trauma. It’s about identity, healing, motherhood, disability, and discovering purpose after unimaginable adversity.

Larissa joins Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin to speak openly about what it’s like to rebuild a life after violence, how disability reshaped her self-worth, and how she eventually found confidence, independence and a career she never expected.

This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply moving.

• Larissa Camp’s incredible survival story after a domestic violence shooting

• What it’s like waking up to discover a life-changing amputation

• The emotional reality of navigating identity after acquiring a disability

• Why people with disabilities are more vulnerable to domestic violence

• How motherhood helped Larissa rediscover purpose and strength

• The journey from trauma to becoming a successful hairstylisT

• How forgiveness and resilience can coexist after extreme trauma

• What to do if you suspect someone you know is experiencing domestic violence

After surviving the shooting, Larissa spent weeks in hospital recovering from severe injuries, including a partial hand amputation she didn’t even realise had happened until days after surgery.

The emotional recovery was even harder.

She struggled with depression, identity loss, and uncertainty about whether she would ever work again.

But years later, a simple moment changed everything.

While caring for her young son, Larissa realised she could still braid hair. That small discovery became the foundation for a new career as a hairstylist and helped her rebuild her confidence.

Today, Larissa shares her story to help others recognise the warning signs of domestic violence and to remind people living with disability that they still have purpose.

Follow Larissa: https://www.instagram.com/ann_ri3/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissacamp/

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, support services are available.

In Australia:1800RESPECT – National Domestic Violence Support Line

International listeners can search for local domestic violence hotlines or crisis support services in their country.

Listenable is a podcast about normalising disability through honest conversations and lived experiences.

Hosted by Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin, the show explores disability, identity, relationships, and the everyday moments that shape how we understand the world.

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Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter daine joins Dylan Alcott and Angus O'Loughlin for a conversation that is equal parts funny, raw, and genuinely important. daine lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), POTS, and autism and did not know she was disabled until she was 18. By that point she had already been dismissed by multiple neurologists and cardiologists who told her the chronic pain stopping her from climbing the stairs at school was "just anxiety."

She is now preparing to drop her debut album and performing at Ability Fest for the second time. This episode covers late diagnosis, medical gaslighting, spoon theory, invisible illness, the suicide statistics for autistic women that daine thinks about every day, and why she believes being deeply, intensely autistic makes her a better songwriter.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

Ability Fest and what it actually means to be inclusivedaine has attended and performed at Ability Fest before and is back on the lineup for 2026. Dylan explains what the festival really is: not a festival for disabled people, but a fully accessible event where everyone can party together. Platforms, pathways, Auslan interpreters, sensory rooms, live captioning, and 100% of proceeds going to the Dylan Alcott Foundation. As Angus puts it, the real point is giving six able-bodied friends the chance to finally share a night out with the one person who could never get through the door before.

Get your tickets here: https://megatix.com.au/events/ability-fest-2026

daine is a Filipino-Australian singer, songwriter, and producer living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, POTS, and autism. She is currently finishing her debut album and performing at Ability Fest 2026.

Follow daine: https://www.instagram.com/d4ine/

• 00:00 Cold open: doctors, stairs, and the diagnosis nobody saw coming
• 02:39 Ability Fest: what it is, why it matters, and daine returning to the lineup
• 04:24 A month in LA and the debut album
• 07:09 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: what it is and why it takes ten years to diagnose
• 09:25 The hosepipe analogy: EDS, POTS, and circulation explained
• 10:38 Growing up without a diagnosis and medical gaslighting
• 12:31 Dynamic disability and passing as non-disabled
• 14:27 Good days vs survival days: spoon theory explained
• 16:52 How disability affects the creative process and studio sessions
• 18:13 Why autism is daine's creative superpower
• 19:54 Getting the autism diagnosis at 18 and what it meant
• 21:08 Social battery, sensory overload, and the right kind of socialising
• 23:12 Navigating the music industry with an invisible disability
• 24:34 What a sustainable career looks like
• 25:04 Autistic suicide risk and why visibility matters
• 27:16 Making shows more accessible as an independent artist
• 29:07 Best gig stories: first LA headline and Laneway 2019 in the rain with Charli XCX
• 31:25 Spicy listener questions

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