Joshua's story and dreams

Joshua’s story and dreams

Published on

17 June 2026

We met another young dreamer through our friends at Reach for A Dream this morning. Joshua is 9 years old and has gone a lot of challenges in his young life already. Since the age of 2 already he was in and out of Hospital. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at a young age.

Despite all of Joshua’s challenges he remains a bubbly, outgoing, and talkative young boy who has a very open and confident personality. His dream right now is to be able to pursue his passion for gaming.

Success, Tracey from FFS, René from Computer Mania, Josh, Ben (Josh’s dad), Gill (Josh’s Mom), Skyla (Josh’s sister), Ricky, and Ryan

Thank you to FFS and the Wasserman Family – Wilhelm, Michelle, Mia and Anika for generously giving Josh his very own PS5. And thank you to our friends at Computer Mania who shared some joy of their 35th birthday with Josh by giving him his own VR set to make gaming a bit easier.

Phil de Lange

Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.