Good News Day, by Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus (Australia, 2022), is a short film that speaks to themes of cognitive processing and intellectual disability within a school and media context. Though brief, it sits neatly within the Focus on Ability festival, showcasing the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability. The film brings attention to group dynamics among teenagers and young adults, and to the role of news and television in their lives. Warm and accessible, it offers audiences a thoughtful, honest glimpse into young people navigating community and communication. A strong choice for educators, families and festival-goers seeking inclusive stories.
Are you sick of seeing depressing news stories? Are you tired of people sharing misinformation? Then look no further! They're right here on Good News Gay! Good morning folks and welcome to Good News Gay, the only program where we focus on sharing good news stories. I'm Landon Morris. And I'm Austin Boyd. This week in the news we'll hear about stories including Callaghan College's Fruit and Veg program, Grit and of course our celebrity spotlight. But first, in the breaking news, we are going to see a young oncoming artist called Kai. Let's cross over to Bailey. It's Bailey Mowbray here in the field live from the art studio where we caught up with young emerging artist Kai Eden. We talked to him about his work and the challenges he's faced. Let's talk to him now. What got you interested in drawing and art? People on YouTube with all their amazing drawings and all that. I have to add extra details and colour. I have to go with Naruto drawings. About one hour. Thank you very much. Wow, what a talented young man. Next up we'll be hearing a story about how young people are improving their physical and mental resilience through engaging in a new program called Grit. Let's cross over to Tony who spoke with some of those students. The Grit program is a program that is directed at young teenagers and it helps benefit them with their mental health worries and stuff. When we went to Grit we would do activities, we'd do sport activities like we played basketball, we played soccer and we played dodgeball and we did a few other things as well. The program helped me a lot with my mental health. It helped me slow down and just take more time in certain situations instead of just going into it head first to actually just take a breath and think about it. The best part about Grit was spending time with my friends and stuff. It's not a break but it's just some time to get away and just clear your head. I would recommend Grit to other young people, young teenagers of any age because I did find it beneficial. I feel it did help me. And now for Celebrity Spotlight where we talk to ex-students about life beyond school. We met with Jimmy and Shona who starred in the hit show on Netflix Live Aussie Special. Now let's stop, drop and roll over to Annie Brown. Good morning, I'm Annie Brown. Today we are going to talk to two TV stars who became famous on Love on the Spectrum. Can you tell us where you both met? Ah yes, well we both met at a school leaver's program called Job Centre Australia. It's not called that anymore. Yes, it's not called that anymore. It's called Omnia. Omnia? Yes. It felt really awesome but sometimes it was a bit overwhelming having a camera follow you but I've always wanted to be a star so I kind of really liked it. Talk to us about what was it like being on the show? Hesitant. So I was hesitant at first but the main goal was to show that there is no limits to anyone of any type. Don't put a cap on what you think you're capable of. Don't push it too hard. I don't know. You know, push just enough. Don't overwhelm yourself. I always say it's about pushing yourself just a little bit further until... Thank you Annie and now to close it up we will be looking at next week's weather. Austin what are we in for? Thanks Layla. Next week is going to be cloudy with a chance of... Thank you Austin. Anyway, thank you for watching and we hope you have a good news day. Actually, thanks Grandma for lending me these clothes. That's it. I've had enough. I can't work anymore. I quit. What did I do? What? To be continued... To be continued... To be continued...
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