A Wheatbelt not-for-profit is on a mission to change the way the region views people living with a disability.
Wheatbelt Health Network chief executive Dr Harry Randhawa wants to see the organisation lead the way in disability education through the three-part Disability Inclusion in Schools and Community (DISCO) project.
"As a result of the work we were doing in our Linkability and Resourceability projects we came across the feedback that a lot of kids and adults still treat people with a disability differently to a 'normal' person," he said.
"That got us thinking how we could make an impact at a Wheatbelt level."
The most familiar and well-established project is the Humans of the Wheatbelt, an interview either with or conducted by someone with a disability.
Dr Randhawa said the concept has developed over time.
"We are super chuffed with the ongoing success of Humans of the Wheatbelt," he said.
"Throughout the whole project we have never identified who the person with the disability was.
"From the people who make it up - the interviewer, the interviewee, the photographer or the person who writes it up - somewhere in that cloud of people someone has a disability.
"People are used to seeing something physically different but what a lot of people don't realise is that a lot of disabilities aren't obvious."
Two partnering DISCO projects, about to be launched in the coming weeks, are a video series with local leaders with disabilities and school talks.
"As kids learn and grow we wanted to introduce stories from people with a disability where they chat about the discrimination they have been subject to and how they succeeded," Dr Randhawa said.
"There are 70 public schools across the Wheatbelt region and we would like to visit all of them."
To get involved in any of the DISCO projects contact Dr Harry Randhawa on 0498 399 808.
