Paralympic Matt Levy, pictured, understands a thing or two about overcoming obstacles. Born 15 weeks premature with cerebral palsy and vision impairment, Matt has survived over 50 operations on his […]
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Canon awards disability organisations
Assistance and therapy dogs for children with disabilities in Victoria and a WA independent school that facilitates learning for children with hearing loss and speech delays are among the winners […]
Mable rolls out community grants initiative
Profit-for-purpose platform Mable has launched a community grants funding project designed to promote independence and inclusion for people with disability. Funding will be made available to successful organisations and applicants […]
City of Sydney getting on with accessibility
People with a disability, carers, disability workers and disability organisations are being urged to speak out and share their experiences to help shape the City of Sydney’s inclusion action plan. […]
WA’s oldest toy library turns 45
The Kites Toybox Library in Perth, that provides specialised toys on loan for children with a disability, has just celebrated its 45th anniversary. The library started life in 1975 when […]
Human Rights Commissions Covid-19 guidelines
The Australian Human Rights Commission has published a policy guideline to assist persons with a disability during Covid-19. Policy responses to the Sars-CoV-2 virus and associated disease, Covid-19, including isolation […]
Infection data collection for NDIS participants and workers underway
Data on infection rates of COVID-19 for NDIS participants and workers are now being provided to the community. The data is being collated through reporting mechanisms of the NDIS Quality […]
Artist-in-Residence program applications now open
Accessible Arts and Bundanon Trust Artist-In-Residence program will be going ahead this year. Applications are now open for artists with disability in NSW and the ACT to undertake a six-night […]
Raising the bar on disability care
Encouraging paid workers to employ an appropriate respectful personal relationship with young people with disability will lift standards in the sector, according to new research. It will lead to children […]
Ministers get together for NDIS update
Commonwealth, state and territory disability ministers met recently to deliver an update on the NDIS. The telepresence meeting opened by acknowledging the death of 2020 ACT Senior Australian of the […]
A Remarkable day for a demo
Remarkable, a disability tech accelerator working with early stage startups that has just completed a 16-week program will run their demo day in August. Usually this is a face-to-face event, […]
Physical Disability NSW online workshops in July
Physical Disability Council of NSW is running a series of online workshops in July. The workshops will be run via Zoom by skilled peer facilitators with lived experience of disability, […]