About us

About Able Wellness

Able helps people with disability move, cook, play, get out and about, and take a calm moment, in their own way and at their own pace.

Why Able exists

Choice and control matter. So does having the support to make choices that are good for you. Many people with intellectual disability have fewer chances to be active, cook for themselves or try something new, and the people who support them are rarely trained in exercise or nutrition.

Able was started in 2020 to close that gap. It was built with exercise physiologists, occupational therapists and university researchers, and it is designed for the person and the people around them: support workers, families and the organisations that employ them.

Today, Able Digital Wellness Pty Ltd, trading as Able Wellness, is a registered NDIS provider based in Australia.

Our leadership

Scott Chapman

Chief Executive Officer

Scott founded Able because of his nephew, who lives with intellectual disability. When his nephew moved into supported independent living, he gained real independence, and Scott saw how hard it can be to stay healthy without the right support around you.

Scott came to disability as an entrepreneur rather than from inside the sector. He began his career in media sales, and he and his wife Shae went on to build a group of Zambrero restaurants on the Gold Coast, a business known for donating a meal for every meal sold. He has also served as a director of Bravehearts, the child protection charity, and was named among Australia's top 100 young entrepreneurs in 2019.

He believes a business can do well and do good at the same time, and he built Able to prove it.

Clinton House

Chief Product Officer

Clinton has spent more than twenty years building ventures, developing products and bringing new technology to market.

He has founded and scaled companies in software, analytics and services, and has launched new ventures inside large organisations as well as building independent high-growth businesses.

Disability is also part of Clinton's family life. His mother has been a foster carer for decades, including for a young man with high support needs, and her partner works as a carer. His brother worked with disabled children as a personal trainer before moving into education, and his wife teaches students with special needs, from early primary through to high school. Now his two daughters are studying to follow the same path: both want to work in special needs education. That closeness to disability, autism and the NDIS is what Clinton brings to Able alongside his technology background.

Clinton's recognition includes winning the following awards:

Innovator of the Year, Fairfax Excellence and Innovation Awards
ICT Entrepreneur of the Year, Incite Awards
National Digital Disruptors Award, Australian Computer Society
CSIRO Benson Entrepreneur Award, Pearcey Foundation
National Innovation and Excellence Award, Property Council of Australia

Our advisory board

Since Able began we have met hundreds of people who share the goal of closing the health gap between people with disability and people without. Three of them give their time to guide the company.

Dr Dinesh Palipana in blue scrubs, smiling.

Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM

Doctor, lawyer and disability advocate. Queensland Australian of the Year 2021.

The first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland.
Bachelor of Laws, then Doctor of Medicine at Griffith University.
Advanced clerkship in radiology at Harvard University.

Professor Elizabeth Kendall, smiling outdoors.

Professor Elizabeth Kendall AM

Research Director, The Hopkins Centre and Menzies Health Institute Queensland.

More than twenty years as a research leader.
Expert in injury rehabilitation, disability and chronic disease.
Instrumental in health reform research; supervised 18 PhD students to completion.

Lesh Prasad

Inclusion and diversity; strategic partnerships and workforce.

Experienced strategic relationship manager in workforce management.
Passionate about opening the workforce to people who face barriers to entering it.
Strengths in people management, sales and team building.

The people behind the content

Every movement session, recipe and calm moment on Able was made with accredited exercise physiologists, allied health professionals and researchers. These are some of the people and organisations who shaped it.

Kelly Clanchy in a striped shirt, smiling.

Kelly Clanchy PhD

Lead Exercise Physiologist

Kelly's research and experience focus on promoting physical activity among adults with chronic disease and disability. Her projects include measuring physical activity participation in people with a disability, understanding what influences participation, and evaluating programmes that promote physical activity.

Content and research partners

Griffith University
The Hopkins Centre
Menzies Health Institute Queensland
Queensland Academy of Sport
LIVIN
Virtual Psychologist
Healthy Living Alliance

The stars of our videos

Able's movement sessions are led by people with disability, not actors. Dan, Scott's nephew, was the first. These are some of the people you will meet in the Good Mobility and Wheelchair programmes.

DanGood Mobility programme
MatWheelchair programme
AaronGood Mobility programme
CodyGood Mobility programme
SarahWheelchair programme
KaneWheelchair programme
EthanGood Mobility programme
Are you next?

If you'd like to appear in our videos, or you are a clinician, researcher, coach or organisation who could help shape what's on Able, we'd love to hear from you. Send us a message and we can start the conversation.
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