Peer Support now has its own group on Facebook that you can join!
Read more about the Discovering the Power in Me program
that Peer Support facilitate.
To learn more about the Peer Support team and the service they provide, watch the Peer Support video ‘Sharing the Lived Experience’ below. Thank you to Shine Lawyers and TPD Media for their contribution to producing the video.
Peer Support provides practical one-on-one support to people who have sustained spinal cord injuries, as well as their family members.
Each of the Peer Support team has a spinal cord injury and has lived experience to share.
From injury to independence, Peer Support provides information, support and encouragement.
Meet the Peer Support team: Peter Harre, Col Mackereth & Katie Franz.
Peer Support provide:
- information
- reassurance
- shared experiences and challenges
- guidance on issues that arise when returning to the community, and
- direction to supportive links and networks in local communities.
Read a testimonial from Peer Support client, Lisa Monaghan.
Networking via Facebook
Peer Support has a very active private Facebook group where participants discuss a wide range of issues such as travel, health, sex, leisure pursuits and equipment.
This is a fantastic forum to talk to other people with spinal cord injuries in a confidential environment. Simply visit this page or search Facebook for ‘Peer Support – Spinal Injuries Association’ and request to be invited to the group.
For more information, please contact the Association.
Living by the motto "life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you choose to react", Peer Support Officer Katie Franz is eager to change people’s perception and prove that having a disability is not the end of a beautiful, fulfilling and happy life. 
“The best part of my job is that single moment, when I see someone’s outlook on life and mindset transform from grim frustration and anger to acceptance and hope – it always stays with me.” Peter Harre, Peer Support Coordinator and role-model.
Peer Support Officer Col Mackereth has experienced more than 30 years of life with quadriplegia and believes "We are all incredible in our own way and each and every one of us is an inspiration to someone else, somewhere, sometime. Peer support is all about inspiring each other”.