My Disability Matters Club

What My Disability Matters Club does

My Disability Matters Club (MDM Club) is a social networking platform purpose-built for the disability community, operated by Australian private company My Disability Matters Pty Ltd (ABN 30 614 916 282) and founded in 2017 by disability advocate Dale Reardon, who is blind. The platform serves three primary personas: people living with disability, their family members and carers, and professionals working in the disability services sector, with members primarily located across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

The product is delivered as a freemium online community built on the WordPress + PeepSo social networking stack, complemented by Paid Memberships Pro for subscription billing and GrooveHQ for support. Core features include discussion forums, interest-based and country-specific groups, a member-submitted blog, a business directory, and an explicit Respect Pledge governing member behavior. A separate editorial property, mydisabilitymatters.news, publishes disability news and opinion. The company does not operate a native mobile app and is accessible via web browser only.

Monetization is layered: a free Personal Membership serves as the acquisition funnel, with paid Premium (eBook Library, MDM Rewards program, dedicated premium group), Business (AUD$297/year or AUD$99/quarter quarterly billing, roughly 25% annual discount), and custom-priced Gold tiers targeting organizations that want co-branded private sub-communities for their own clients. Additional per-post fees apply for excess Special Offers advertising. The public website also carries gambling and betting affiliate links (1xbet) and identifies Passiflorava.com as a main sponsor, which represents a notable reputational adjacency for a community serving vulnerable users. Distribution is entirely digital and self-serve, with growth reliant on word-of-mouth and content marketing across Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and RSS.

Name

My Disability Matters Club

Legal name

My Disability Matters Pty Ltd

Website

https://mydisabilitymatters.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

My Disability Matters Club is a free social networking platform for the disability community, offering forums, groups, and member blogs on a WordPress/PeepSo stack, with paid Business and Premium tiers for businesses and individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Community Social Networking

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Disability social network
• Online community platform
• Peer support community
• Disability advocacy platform
• Niche social networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Hobart

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free Personal Membership: Basic social network access for individuals with disability, family members, and disability sector workers at no charge.
2. Business Membership: Annual or quarterly subscription ($297/year or $99/quarter AUD) allowing businesses, charities, and NFPs to promote products and services to the disability community, create groups, and publish blog posts.
3. Premium Membership: Paid tier offering additional benefits including eBook Library access, premium member groups, and help centre resources.
4. Gold Membership: Custom-priced premium tier for organizations wanting to invite clients/members into private co-branded communities within the MDM Club, featuring customized sign-up pages and welcome emails.
5. Special Offers Advertising: Additional fee of $25 AUD per extra post in the Special Offers Group beyond the monthly allowance included with business membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

My Disability Matters Club (MDM Club) is a free online social networking community built specifically for people living with disability, their families, carers, and disability sector workers. It offers forums, interest-based and country-specific groups, a member blog, expert Q&A, and paid business memberships for organizations seeking to reach the disability community.

Product overview

My Disability Matters Club operates as a social networking platform for the disability community, comprising a free Personal Membership tier (the core MDM Club with forums, groups, and member blogging) and optional paid tiers including Business Membership (AUD$297/year) and Premium Membership (with eBook Library and MDM Rewards). Gold Membership offers custom branding options for larger organizations. The platform is built on WordPress with PeepSo social networking, Paid Memberships Pro for subscriptions, and GrooveHQ for the help centre.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• My Disability Matters Club (Personal Membership) The free online social network purpose-built for people living with disability, their families, carers, and disability sector workers; provides forums, interest-based and country-specific groups, a member blog, and expert Q&A.
• MDM Club Business Membership Paid subscription (AUD $297/year or $99/quarter) for businesses, charities, and NFPs to promote products and services to the disability community, create groups, publish blog posts, and advertise special offers.
• MDM Club Premium Membership Paid upgrade tier offering enhanced benefits including eBook Library access, dedicated premium member group, MDM Rewards program, and help centre resources.
• Gold Membership Custom-priced enterprise tier with co-branded sign-up pages, automatically assigned private groups, customized welcome emails, and private resources pages for organizations wanting to host their clients or members in a branded community within the MDM Club.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• My Plan ManagerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMy Plan Manager participates in the MDM Club's NDIS group (Australia) as an expert to answer questions from members about choosing providers and managing their NDIS funding. This is a community expert partnership providing guidance to the disability community.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Inspire: Inspire operates condition-specific online support communities partnered with patient advocacy organizations. Like MDM Club, it combines free community forums with partner/expert involvement and paid institutional offerings, making it a directly comparable community-platform business model.
• The Mighty: The Mighty is a large-scale digital community and publishing platform for people living with disability, chronic illness, and mental health conditions. It is directly comparable to MDM Club in target audience (disability/illness community), offering of member-written stories, forums, and community groups, and reliance on freemium/publisher models.
• PatientsLikeMe: PatientsLikeMe is a peer-support and health-data community platform for people living with chronic conditions. It shares MDM Club's model of member-led forums, lived-experience content, and community standards, while targeting a health-condition rather than cross-disability audience.
• Disability Horizons: Disability Horizons is a UK-based disability lifestyle magazine and community site publishing member and contributor stories. It overlaps with MDM Club's content/community focus on disability lived experience, with comparable mission-driven, founder-led positioning.
• AbleThrive: AbleThrive is an online community and resource hub for families affected by disability, offering member stories, forums, and curated resources. It is closely comparable to MDM Club's mix of family/carer-focused content, member blogs, and disability community forums.
• Wego Health: Wego Health is a network and awards platform for patient leaders and health advocates — directly relevant because MDM Club received a Wego Health Awards nomination. Both serve as convening points for lived-experience advocates and disability/chronic-illness community leaders.
• HealthUnlocked: HealthUnlocked is the world's largest social network for health, hosting condition-specific communities with discussion forums, expert involvement, and trusted-content moderation. It is comparable to MDM Club as a health-condition-focused social network with community moderation and institutional/health-partner integrations.

Broad incumbents

• Facebook Groups (disability communities): Facebook Groups host the largest existing online disability communities globally. Facebook is the broad incumbent MDM Club differentiates against, citing its Respect Pledge and safety standards as reasons members should prefer MDM Club's niche environment.
• Reddit (r/disability and related subreddits): Reddit hosts large disability-focused subreddits (e.g., r/disability) with discussion forums and community moderation. It is a broad incumbent alternative that MDM Club explicitly competes against by offering a safer, disability-specific environment.

Regional players

• Scope: Scope is a major UK disability charity running online community and peer-support programs for disabled people and their families. It is comparable as a UK-based disability community organization with forums and advocacy content, though it operates as a charity rather than a freemium platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/audisability
• Facebookfacebook.com/mydisabilitymatters
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/my-disability-matters

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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