Looking Forward With Amanda Amanda is nearly 47 years and considers getting older an achievement. She is a vibrant, insightful and inspiring woman who is able to share with you some of the changes to treatment over her lifetime. What age were you when you were diagnosed? I was nearly three years old (1972) when I was […]

Celebrating Forty (One) Years with Cindy Cindy is a dynamic 41-year-old lady with cystic fibrosis (CF) who is a successful chef living and managing her very own Café Boranup near Augusta.  She is also happily married and has a cool dog. What age were you when you were diagnosed? I was diagnosed at birth.  Dr […]

LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL: MARINA At 18, Marina is very level headed and pragmatic. It is so inspiring to also meet a person who is happy with her life and who works so hard to achieve her goals despite having the extra burden of doing time consuming treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF). I am studying […]

Meet Sarah ‘Sera’ Taylor Sera is a 26-year-old Hip Hop girl from Bassendean; cool, vibrant and insightful. She also has cystic fibrosis (CF). In this interview, she shares some of her story and thoughts around being a teenager living with CF. What was it like for you as a teenager? It was hard, because I didn’t want […]

CFWA Support Services for Adults We have a range of support services available for adults. For more information about all of these services please get in touch with Kathryn at servicesmanager@cfwa.org.au or on 08 6457 7333. Subsidies All CFWA adult subsidies can be found on the website at this link. Subsidies are dependent on ongoing […]

2019 Supporters and Volunteers Evening We invite you along and join us in celebrating our wonderful sponsors and volunteers who have supported CFWA and the CF community by raising awareness and funds this year. This is also a great opportunity to catch up with other community members, share a few stories and enjoy a bit […]

Exciting Time for New CF Treatments We’ve had an exciting couple of weeks for CF treatments, with increased access to CFRT modulators for Australians and FDA approval of a new treatment in the U.S Symdecko and Orkambi for Australians On 20 October, we had the amazing news for the Australian cystic fibrosis (CF) community that […]