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Free & Lived Experience

Cystic fibrosis, explained for school.

A completely free resource that helps teachers, parents, and anyone who is curious understand what cystic fibrosis means at school — written from lived experience going through Australian education with CF.

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Written from lived experience
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Real classrooms

Practical, everyday understanding

More than facts.
Real understanding.

Cystic fibrosis can feel complicated and intimidating from the outside. These short topics break it down in plain language and connect it to the moments that actually come up at school — so you can support a student or child with calm and confidence.

Lived experience

Grounded in firsthand experience going through school with CF.

Plain and practical

Clear, jargon-free explanations you can use straight away.

Teachers & staff

For teachers

Understand what a student with CF needs day to day — from enzymes and hydration to fatigue, missed days, and infection awareness.

For teachers
Parents & family

For parents

Helpful language and context for talking with your child's school, and reassurance from someone who has walked the same path.

For parents
Anyone curious

Just curious

Friends, classmates, coaches, and relatives welcome. Start with the basics and learn what CF really is — and isn't.

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Why this exists

Built from lived experience.

I made CFReady because understanding cystic fibrosis shouldn't depend on luck. I had a good run through Australian primary school, high school, and now university — included by my mates, with zero CF-related hospitalisations — but the people around a student with CF often still have nowhere clear to learn what the condition actually involves.

The full story of why this is free, what I hope you take from it, and how the content was written is on my story page.

Patrick Graham

CF patient & QUT student

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