On May 28th, our very own NDIS Employment Coach, Brodie, presented to students and staff at Compass Catholic Community as part of their Reconciliation Week celebrations.
Currently supporting several of the Compass students to achieve their goals, he was invited to share his story โAs an Aboriginal Man' with students who may empathise and connect with his journey.
During the presentation, Brodie gave a powerful and heartfelt account of some of the challenges he has faced in his life. He talked about the importance of learning, understanding and connecting with his culture to give him the resilience and strength to not only overcome those challenges but to build a better life for himself and his kids, who he describes as his โbiggest driverโ to keep going.
โ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ [๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ]. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ - ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ, [๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ] ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.โ
Brodie has received outstanding feedback for his work in our NDIS-funded Stepping Out program. The team is incredibly proud of his progress and excited to see how he will continue to support Participants in achieving their goals.
Learn more about our Stepping Out program at blueskymindstudio.com.au/stepping-out.