Disability Ministers have announced their priorities for the year, intended to improve the lives of people with disability. It was the first meeting of the Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) […]
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Share your Covid experiences with Flinders University
Australian adults with disabilities and living with NDIS supports in the home, are asked to share their experiences during Covid, for a study being led by Flinders University. The survey […]
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Trial run for motorised beach wheelchair
The St Kilda Life Saving Club in Melbourne is trialling a motorised beach wheelchair that will be available for the next eight weeks. During the trial users will be […]
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MS on the rise
The number of Australians with multiple sclerosis (MS) has increased 30 per cent over the past four years, with over 33,000 people with MS in 2021. These latest MS figures […]
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Disability Royal Commission raises disability travel concerns with airlines
Disability Royal Commission chair Ronald Sackville has written to the CEOs of Australia’s airlines and domestic airports outlining concerns people with disability have reported to the Commission based on their […]
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Web Accessibility Camp returns in Perth
The annual Perth Web Accessibility Camp returns on February 21. Hosted by VisAbility it is said to be one of the largest accessibility events in the Southern Hemisphere. The online […]
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Adam Broadstock walks the red carpet
Adam Broadstock made an entrance at the premiere of his film ‘The Man About Town’, arriving in a fire truck, in his home town Mackay, in North Queensland. The 28-year-old […]
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Project to make genetic counselling more accessible
A UNSW Sydney research team has received funding to make genetic tests and genetic counselling for people with intellectual disability more accessible and equitable. The interdisciplinary project, GeneEQUAL will develop […]
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Fund raiser for Paralympics
The National Disability Leadership Organisation (NDLO) is running the three gala dinners in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to raise funds for Paralympics Australia, along with launching a donation and auction […]
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New autism research shows disclosure is a complex issue
New Australian research has revealed that people with autism are reluctant to disclose they are autistic due to the complexities involved. Conducted by autistic and non-autistic researchers, the research study […]
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World-first ‘vision impaired’ project to open in Brisbane
Last Seen, a world-first project by seeing artists and composers of memories of vision impaired Australians opens in Brisbane on April 18. For this unique multi-sensory exhibition 10 vision impaired […]
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Funding boost for National Autism Strategy
The Albanese Government has allocated a further $2 million to the Autism Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) to assist in the development of a National Autism Strategy. The funding package, that […]