Stories

Xceptional welcomes 2017 intern

We have recently been joined by our first ever intern. We are delighted to welcome Shreya Nayak to our team! Shreya is completing her master’s degree in IT Management at Sydney University and will be with us for the next 5 months, working closely with our CEO and testing team across a variety of projects

Xceptional wins Macquarie Kickstarter award

We are super excited to announce that we've won the Macquarie Kickstarter program! Kickstarter is a business planning competition and grant program funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation for early stage social ventures like us. It is run by an awesome team over at SEFA Partnerships. And we are delighted to be selected as one of 3 winners!

The future is neurodiverse

Today is one of those strange bitter-sweet days. I find myself looking back at a solemn memory yet also looking ahead with hope. It is one of those mountain top moments that causes me to pick up a pen and sigh deeply.

When shopping hits the conveyor belt

An article on disability employment recently popped up in my feed, announcing that "Disabled Cashier Serves Customer Slowly and Squishes Her Bread". The title makes it sound like a bad customer experience. Yet in reality quite the opposite happened. Headlines can be misleading!