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title: Dare To Ask | Empowering & equipping for life | Castle
description: In our latest Dare to Ask, we meet the lovely Julie Clifton, one of our amazing NDIS participants. Julie talks about her intellectual disability, her love for helping others and achieving goals. Julie's enthusiasm for learning new skills and overcoming spirit is an inspiration to us all.
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# Dare To Ask | Empowering & equipping for life

 In our latest Dare to Ask, we meet the lovely Julie Clifton, one of our amazing NDIS participants. Julie talks about her intellectual disability, her love for helping others and achieving goals. Julie's enthusiasm for learning new skills and overcoming spirit is an inspiration to us all.

> "So yeah, one step at a time and I love achieving my goals, learning new skills."

**Full episode transcripts here:**

****Julie Clifton:**** I thought I might as well have a go and see how I go.

**Interviewer:** Why do you need [support from Castle](https://www.castle.org.au/ndis)?

 

**Julie Clifton:** I've got intellectual disability and sometimes the information's a bit slow to understand but I like [learning new skills, helping people](https://www.castle.org.au/ndis/ndis-programs). Like I did an Intro to Peer Support, Mentoring. Then I did a deaf blind awareness group where we was doing sign language and going communicate with the blind and deaf people. 

 

**Interviewer:** Why are you passionate about sign language? 

 

**Julie Clifton:** Try and communicating the deaf community and socialise with people that's deaf.

 

**Interviewer:** Are you deaf? 

 

**Julie Clifton:** I got a hearing impairment. Usually have my hearing aids in but had my ears perforated last week so they still getting better.

 

**Interviewer:** Can you hear me well?

 

**Julie Clifton:** I'm just doing facial expressions? That's how I communicate when my hearing goes flat and yeah.

 

**Interviewer:** What are you looking forward to?

 

**Julie Clifton:** I'm learning Certificate 2 in Auslan which starts next week. Hopefully I will go well with it 'cause I did the Intro to Auslan last year which I stood up in front of 20 people which I never done before. So yeah, one step at a time and I love achieving my goals, learning new skills.

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