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16/08/2026

The doctors had just delivered devastating news. Emma’s nurses cried. Her mum cried.

Her partner, Jays, went into “full commitment mode”.

The following morning, he walked into a jewellery store, purchased an engagement ring and proposed to Emma beside her hospital bed.

Sometimes love doesn’t wait for life to become easier.

Follow Emma at Mickle's Pickle and hear the beautiful story behind their hospital engagement on ListenABLE.

12/08/2026

Some weeks, Emma doesn’t care who sees her floppy wrist or leg brace.

Other weeks, one more person asking, “What happened to your leg?” can become the breaking point.

The visibility of disability can change from day to day, and so can someone’s capacity to discuss it.

Curiosity is natural, but timing, language and empathy matter.

Follow Emma at Mickle's Pickle and hear her honest perspective on living with a fluctuating and sometimes visible disability on ListenABLE.

10/08/2026

A split second changed Emma Mickle’s life forever.

Had she brushed her teeth for ten seconds longer, she may have missed the tree branch that caused her spinal cord injury.

What followed was an extraordinary recovery, a return to the bike and a new goal: representing Australia in para-cycling and standing on a World Championship podium.

Emma’s story is confronting, funny, honest and a powerful reminder to take life one step at a time.

Follow Emma’s journey at Mickle's Pickle and listen to the full episode of ListenABLE now. Link in bio.

02/08/2026

He emailed us in 2020. Six years later, he made it onto the show 😂

Before joining us in the studio, Australian Winter Paralympian we reminded him that he first reached out on 7 June 2020, asking to share the personal, awkward and honest stories behind life as an Aussie with cerebral palsy.

Persistence pays off, legends. Welcome to ListenABLE, Ben 💛

29/07/2026

“But he’s so cute!”

He is. He is also working.

Patting, calling or distracting a guide dog can break its concentration and potentially place its handler at risk. The best way to help is simple: admire the dog from a distance and let them do their job.

Although Dylan is still negotiating for just one little pat… 🦮

Hear more from Santi, co-founder of Hailo, on the latest episode of ListenABLE.

26/07/2026

Technology can read, write and dictate for us, but does that mean Braille is becoming irrelevant?

Santi, co-founder of Hailo, gives us a firm no.

Voice commands may make life easier, but literacy provides something technology cannot replace: independence.

Is learning Braille still essential for the next generation of blind people?

22/07/2026

AI can only be as inclusive as the people and experiences used to train it.

Without disabled people involved, accessibility can quickly become: “Put some wheels on it and call it a day.”

Hailo co-founder Santi explains why lived experience is not an optional extra. It is the difference between genuine innovation and another product built on assumptions.

20/07/2026

What happens when the only thing you cannot do is see, but the world treats you like a second-class citizen?

Santi joins us for a conversation that is confronting, hilarious and full of ideas that could genuinely change lives. From being repeatedly left behind by buses to co-founding Hailo, building more accessible technology, the importance of Braille and why AI needs lived experience at its core.

This is one you do not want to miss.

Catch the full conversation on ListenABLE 🎧



Catch the full conversation on ListenABLE 🎧

15/07/2026

“It wasn’t just what had changed. It was what you’d lost.”

After 70 days in intensive care, Mark had to confront a body that no longer felt familiar.

No core strength. Scars across his stomach, arms and legs. And the enormous task of learning how to move forward from there.

A raw conversation about survival, grief and rebuilding. Full episode with Mark Dorrity is available now on ListenABLE.

12/07/2026

Mark was told nobody had ever survived the combination of rhabdomyolysis and severe heatstroke.

When he left intensive care, he weighed just 45kg.

Then came the work of learning to stand again, rebuild muscle and discover what recovery could look like.

Hear Mark Dorrity’s extraordinary story on ListenABLE. Full episode available now.

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