They say a picture is worth a thousand words – and what better way to highlight the opportunities the Summer Foundation wants people with disability to have than through a broader range of images of lives in communities.
Over the last few months, our Co-Design Team worked with six people with disability living in a range of different housing types including Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), Individualised Living Arrangements (ILA) and private homes.
Our stars invited us into their homes, workplaces and lives. Here are just some of the things people showed us they loved…
🎨 Ned showed us around his work and art studio.
🏋️♀️ Kirby brought us to the physio and taught us her workout routine.
🐞 Leanne shared her love of ladybirds and some fruit from the market with us.
🎳 Nick showed off his house and his bowling skills.
🐶 Anna took us for a stroll around the neighbourhood with some of the dogs she walks, before hosting a delicious lunch.
👗 Meghan let us sit in on a shift at the op shop, then showed us her homemade cookbook.
All the people we worked with loved being movie stars for the day. Meghan had a ball posing for our photographer and videographer to get ‘the shot’, while the artistic Ned took a keen interest in the camera gear.
The experience was also a memorable one for Gina Fall, Co-Design Curator, and Jodie Gallacher, Videographer/Digital Editor, from the Summer Foundation. “From my perspective, it was really fun to be part of their lives for a day. They were great stars,” Jodie says.
Enjoy a sneak peek of the pictures here, and look out for more pictures and videos on our website, social media and in our published work.
For more behind the scenes stories, read our interview with Meghan.
All talent were paid for their time and efforts and have consented to their photos being used by the Summer Foundation.