Raising
the bar
People with disability are
often promoted as being
great employees, but
what’s not often talked
about, is that people with
disability can be successful
employers, business owners
and corporate leaders too.
Link speaks to successful
business people Anne-Marie
Howarth and Mal Turnbull
who are helping to raise the
bar when it comes to career
expectations.
A
nne-Marie Howarth (pictured
right) is the founder of
Paralogic, a Sydney-based
company which provides quality
catheters at affordable prices.
“I started the business to solve a
problem,” Anne-Marie said.
“I had an accident in 2005 which
resulted in a spinal cord injury and
permanent paraplegia. This also
couldn’t be the only one struggling what matters to me has been
with the expense of catheters, so I shaped and focussed by some
decided to do something about it, hard experiences. Now I get to
and that’s when I founded Paralogic.” take that and change the world for
Eight years later, and Paralogic
the better,” Anne-Marie said.
meant I lost the voluntary use of my now has wide range of incontinence bladder, so I need to use a catheter products, several staff and thousands optional for our customer base;
each time I go to the bathroom. of customers. affordability and reliability are
“These catheters were very
“Having a disability and running
“Incontinence products are not
critical, and I feel that we deliver
expensive – I was looking at spending a company means I can prioritise on these things better than anyone
$100k over my lifetime. I knew I the things that matter to me, and else. I’ve also been able to offer
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