{"id":546,"date":"2021-11-15T23:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/?page_id=546"},"modified":"2021-11-25T23:46:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:46:43","slug":"maree-maxfield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/maree-maxfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Maree Maxfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-478113 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-835336 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-161580 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-PEOPLE_AGLAP_PROFILES_Maree_-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-547738 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-697447 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-717147\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-19605 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-164870 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-322669 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\">Maree is currently a PhD candidate, researching quality of life for adults with a corpus callosum disorder (CCD). Maree is a full time Carer for her daughter with a disability. She has enjoyed a long career in primary education, teaching in Gippsland rural schools, playing many sports and running a small beef farm.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\">After unsuccessfully navigating health and disability support systems for decades, Maree wanted to study the system from within. She recently completed a Master of Public Health and Melbourne University, inspiring her to continue exploring the impacts of CCDs on the lives of adults.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\">Maree is secretary of the national support group, Australian Disorders of the Corpus Callosum (AusDoCC) which she cofounded with a group of other frustrated parents in 2012 and is inaugural chair of the international CCD liaison group, The Bridge. For the past decade AusDoCC has reached hundreds of families connected by a CCD, who were isolated before its formation. Maree also travels to international family and scientific conferences when funds, time and Covid allow.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.399999618530273px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: \"Avenir Next\", sans-serif;\">In her spare time, she tries to keep up with the chewing habits of two mini foxies, maintaining a veggie garden, travel and renovating her living spaces.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}