As a Board Member of purpose-led Enabled, a start up founded by Gary Allen, it was my absolute honour and privilege to pitch and win 2 out of 4 of the awards at this year’s Moral Fairground, Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch.

4 in 10 Australians over the age of 18 have a physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological, or learning disability.

Add their family and carers in and 7 out of 10 Australians are living with, or living with someone who has a disability.

45% of people with a disability live on or near the poverty line, 2.5x the rate of the broader population.

54% of people with disability are in the workforce, in contrast to 83% of those without disabilities.

Australia is ranked 27th for the relative income of people with disabilities, the lowest amongst all OECD countries.

These are awful stats, but these are not just stats, they are people’s life and daily reality, and it hasn’t changed in years.

But we can make a difference, by doing things differently.

The future of work and income generation doesn’t have to be one size fits all.

Disability entrepreneurship allows incredible people with superpower skills to organise their work, income, lifestyle and future in ways that best suit their needs, gives them the freedom to work where, when, and how they want and the basic human right to find dignity, purpose, and success in all their achievements.

Enabled, a virtual business incubator works alongside those that have an entrepreneurial vision and passion guiding them through the maze of having a brilliant idea, starting a business as a person with a disability, scaffolding and growing the business around their capabilities, and supporting and championing their growth by providing online tools, one on one mentoring, formal and informal up-skilling, access to a community of like-minded entrepreneur’s, webinars and so much more.

Congrats to all the pitch event organisers and participants and thank you to the judges for shining a spotlight on Disability Entrepreneurship.

Inclusive Futures Reimagining Disability Griffith University Elizabeth Kendall Joe-Anne Kek-Pamenter
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Listen live to Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan and I chat about this win and Enabled.vip (recorded live 28th February 2023)