Category: News

Brain Injury Australia has made significant changes to its business to ensure a more cost-effective company. This follows discussions late last year on possible conflicts of interests within a federated association […]

Chris Nicholls was an executive with News Limited when a motorcycle accident left him aT6 paraplegic. His experience of peer support during rehabilitation inspired him to change direction and he […]

Changes are ahead for suppliers and owners of motorised mobility devices (MMD). Speaking at the Daily Living Expo in Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology researcher, Ian Faulks, said Draft recommendations […]

Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne, wants to move forward with strategies to support students with dyslexia. Speaking at a policy roundtable in Adelaide recently, the minister said he “would like […]

This is the final newsletter for 2014 but we will be back on January 21, 2015. In this issue read about new software that could make life easier for many […]

This new software has the potential to benefit people with quadriplegia and motor neuron disease. For the first time Intel, with theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, has demonstrated a new […]

Disability activist, writer and comedian Stella Young has died suddenly. She was 32. In a statement Assistant Minister for Social Services, Mitch Fifield, described Young as a role model for […]

The latest quarterly figures includes an update on new trial sites as more people receive NDIS packages. Key points from the report as at September 2014 were: 8800 people with […]

A publication to assist community care organisations navigate the major reforms ahead will launch in January. Community Care Review, (CCR) produced by the team behind Australian Ageing Agenda, will deliver […]

An occupational therapist at the MS Employment Support Service is the lucky winner of our reader giveaway. Juliet Fifita won a premium version of the Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition […]

The National Disability Awards is the biggest event on the calendar for the disability sector. Held at Parliament House, on November 25, the awards recognise individuals and organisations from around the country doing […]

Spinal Cords Injury Australia announced a busy timetable of programs at its AGM in Sydney recently. Speaking to F2L following the meeting, CEO, Peter Perry said the organisation is constantly […]