Two almost identical young men with wavy
brown hair are side by side. They wear
black rimmed glasses and black long
sleeve jumpers. One wears blue jeans and
one wears black jeans.
Hi, I'm Charlie and I'm from Adelaide,
South Australia. From the Brussels
Valley.
Hi, I'm Lewis. I'm 22 years old. I'm
from Adelaide in the Brussel Valley.
We are thrilled to be ambassadors for
International Day of People with
Disability.
I have a real passion for film making.
We study it through an inclusive film
making program. I also am very
passionate about film making and writing
and we're about to work on a TV show. I
can't mention too much but uh it's going
to be an exciting time. I live with a
mild intellectual disability and some of
the struggles I have mainly like reading
and writing. Sometimes I mispronounce
things or misspell things and in school
that was really difficult and really
challenging. I struggled in primary
school with maths especially especially
handling money but reading and writing
as well was a real struggle. The main
reason why I wanted to become an
ambassador is to not only inspire people
that live with a invisible disability,
but to also inspire many young people
around the nation see the great things
that we are doing and to go with if he
can do it, I can too. Your disability
isn't a weakness, it's a strength. It's
really about embracing what you're good
at in a way. Especially from a younger
age as a child, we had very imaginative
brains and that's really fed into what
we're trying to progress to do now in
film making which is like working behind
the camera writing scripts. We sort of
shut it down in high school, I
think we were more like fearful to say
like this is what we want to do. Having
a brother and a best friend beside you
can really help in those situations. Bus
stop films the inclusive film making
course that we're a part of. It means to
me that I am with like-minded people.
Being around the same community can
really spark your imaginative
creativity. It makes you feel like a
part of a family.
The International Day of People with
Disability logo and website appear.