Employable Me is an Australian television documentary series that features job-seekers who show that having a physical disability or neurological condition does not make them unemployable. Based on the British series that aired on BBC Two, [1] the series is produced by Northern Pictures for the ABC. It first screened in April 2018 [2] and a second season screened in 2019. [3]
Employable Me won an award in the Reality TV category at the Venice TV Awards in 2018 [4] and won two gold medals at the New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards. The first season won the 2019 United Nations Department of Public Information Gold Award to honour exceptional programs that best exemplify the aims and ideals of the United Nations and the second season won the Gold World Medal for Documentary for its exploration of social issues affecting people with neurodiverse conditions. [5]
Kurt Harry Fearnley, is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and crawled the Kokoda Track without a wheelchair. He has a congenital disorder called sacral agenesis which prevented fetal development of certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. In Paralympic events he is classified in the T54 classification. He focuses on long and middle-distance wheelchair races, and has also won medals in sprint relays. He participated in the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, finishing his Paralympic Games career with thirteen medals. He won a gold and silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was the Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
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Grace Beside Me is an Australian fantasy drama television series for children which premiered on NITV on 16 February 2018 and later aired on ABC Me. The series is based on the novel Grace Beside Me, by Sue McPherson, and was filmed in the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland. The television adaptation was produced by a team composed entirely of women, including Aboriginal screenwriters.
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