Meet Kym 

Kym ended up in intensive care with asthma, after being triggered by a virus. 

“I think people often underestimate their asthma, so I joined the Asthma Australia Consumer Advisory Council to make asthma education a priority”.  

Kym has had mild asthma since sh...

Many people in Queensland with asthma can now get fast and easy care at their local community pharmacy. This is because trained and authorised pharmacists can now do more to help. 

In some parts of Queensland, community pharmacists can support people aged 16–65 years who have mild to moderate asthma. This is part o...

Gillian was born in 1950, when people didn’t know as much about asthma or how to treat it. She was diagnosed at age eight and spent much of her childhood in and out of the hospital, often fighting for her life. The lack of asthma knowledge in the 1950s made her journey even harder.  

The sound of ambulance sirens and the flash of red a...

“I went on autopilot. I just did what needed to be done and then it just hits you later.”   

— Katelyn, mother to Kaden and Amelia who both live with asthma 

When Katelyn’s daughter Amelia was just four years old, she had a severe asthma attack that changed everything. Katelyn found herself in the back of an ambulance, ...

Do you recall the days when asthma was a whispered fear? Lurking in the shadows… never knowing when it would strike. When each wheeze felt like a haunting reminder of how precious and fragile life is?  

Meg remembers… the fear of not knowing what might happen. The trauma of hospital visits. And the never-ending battle against a disease that was intent on ...