Category: News

Alzheimer’s Vic and Opaque Multimedia have launched a crowd funding campaign to help people with dementia. Called The Forest Project, it claims to be breaking new ground using virtual sensory […]

The Learning Difference Convention has just achieved BOSTES PD accreditation. By attending the convention seminars, teachers have the opportunity to receive a certificate that goes toward their professional development accreditation […]

Bushfire survivor, Turia Pitt, wins NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year award.  The mining engineer suffered burns to 60 per cent of her body after being caught in a bushfire […]

Too many people with disability are going to jail despite not being found guilty of an offence. Prison is not an alternative accommodation option for people with disabilities, according to […]

Computer gaming technology can help improve outcomes for people with movement disorders. Researchers at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital have introduced an innovative assessment of people’s gait using the […]

Researchers have identified a surprising shift in biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in its early stages. It suggests that the pathology of the disease begins years before cognitive symptoms appear.   Scientists […]

Applications are open for the 2014 DCA Youth Grants Program. Young people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing aged between 15-21 years can apply to receive a grant of up to […]

The Federal Government has kick-started the process for developing the NDIS Workforce Strategy. National Disability Services has been contracted to deliver a report which has three priority areas:  supporting and […]

Tim Wilson has joined the Australian Human Rights Commission as Human Rights Commissioner. Wilson’s role will focus on promoting and advancing human rights and freedoms. He was formerly policy director […]

Todd Sampson is the new ambassador for the Brain Foundation. The TV personality and CEO of Leo Burnett advertising told Freedom2Live he was happy to  have the Foundation use his […]