Who is RippleAbility
RippleAbility is a lived-experience-led social enterprise committed to reimagining support for families raising children with complex disabilities.
We were founded by carers who know firsthand what it means to navigate a system that often wasn’t built with their children — or their families — in mind. Our mission is simple but urgent: to close the gaps, challenge the status quo, and build practical, compassionate solutions that work in the real world.
From respite care and coaching to peer support and navigation, everything we do is grounded in humanity, equity, and deep respect for the expertise families carry. We believe care should be accessible, community-led, and tailored to real life — not just policy.
RippleAbility is more than a service provider — we’re a movement to change what’s possible for families often overlooked. We work with families, not for them, walking alongside as we design better pathways forward — together.
Why choose RippleAbility?
Unlike most other paediatric disability consulting companies, for all of us at RippleAbility our service is personal. We know, and understand, the first-hand the struggles, obstacles, and challenges associated with caring for a child or person with different abilities - and we want you to know that you are not in this alone. We believe it takes a village.
We all start somewhere. Remember, all the greatest waves of change, started as a humble ripple from a tiny drop; given the environment, resources and opportunity to do so. Our children are that one drop - ready to grow into a ripple that will impact all blessed enough to share in its creation.
Our Mission
Our mission is simple: To improve the lives of NDIS participants and their families through knowledgeable, family-centred, and outstanding support provision. We aim to create a village that is dedicated to empowering, educating and enabling our participants and their families to successfully navigate the disability services system, achieve their goals and enjoy purposeful lives.
Our Core Value: Love
For all of us at Ripple Ability, LOVE is our absolute number one value. Above all else, we believe that living a life with love at the forefront is enriching, emboldening and empowering. We love our children. We love our families. We love our lifestyles. We love our work. We love our village of support. We love our lives!
Approaching every situation with love in mind enables us to be empathetic to all living things and conscious of creating a ripple that effects positive change and enhances the futures for our children and their children thereafter.
Our Commitment to Purpose-Led Practice
RippleAbility exists to serve community benefit — not private gain. We’re a proudly female-owned, for-purpose organisation that believes in modelling what a fairer, more inclusive disability sector could look like.
We are currently recognised as an Accredited Carer-Friendly Employer, and we operate as a social enterprise by investing our time, resources, and profits into services, advocacy, and systemic improvements that benefit families of children with disability — not just ourselves.
This means we:
Prioritise social impact in every decision we make — from who we partner with to how we show up in the community.
Reinvest our surplus into programs, projects, and supports that address systemic barriers and gaps in the existing systems.
Back ethical finance, choosing to bank only with institutions that do not invest in fossil fuels and actively offset their carbon footprint.
Minimise waste and reduce emissions, through paperless operations, remote-first teams, and eco-conscious printing practices.
Support economic equity, by ensuring women, carers, and people with lived experience are meaningfully employed, represented, and heard.
This is just the beginning — but we believe purpose shouldn’t be a footnote in business. It should be the foundation.