Prue Hawkins says she "couldn't find a job to save her life", after graduating from a top law school.
Ms Hawkins has brittle bone disease and, as a wheelchair user, found it difficult to access buildings. She also faced discrimination because of her disability.
"You can cut my job options in half because I can't get in the building, or I can get in the building but there's no toilet I can access," she says.
Ms Hawkins spent three years searching for a job and applied for more than 30 roles before starting her own law firm.
"Everyone says, 'Oh you're so brave starting your own business', and I say no, this was a necessity because no-one would hire me. I wanted to be a valued member of society and contribute, and I just couldn't," she says.
Five years after starting her business, Ms Hawkins is thriving and says she "will never go back to working for someone else".
"Law is what I love, that's the problem, I love what I do. I was never going to go back on Centrelink or work in a check-out. This is what I wanted," she says.
While Prue Hawkins was busy establishing her law firm, on the other side of the world, disability activist Caroline Casey was launching a global movement. She had one goal — to get 500 of the world's biggest businesses to employ more people with disabilities.
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