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A range of tables in a hall, with fairy lights above and people milling around.
Posted inEmployment

WorkAbility expos coming to a city near you

by daniellekOctober 22, 2024October 22, 2024

WorkAbility Expos connect employers and people with disability, including those with high needs. Funded by the Department of Social Services, the Expos provide a welcoming and supportive environments to allow […]

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Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

New Centre of Excellence delivers mental healthcare for people with disability

by daniellekOctober 15, 2024October 15, 2024

The Queensland government will commit $2 million a year into the establishment of the new Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Mental Health (QCEAIDH) at Mater’s South Brisbane […]

Posted inNews

Ambassadors for International Day of People with Disability   

by Kymberly MartinOctober 9, 2024October 9, 2024

Australian ambassadors reflect the diversity of people with disability.

A composite image of two Australian athletes: one, a young woman in a wheelchair holding the Australian flag, and the other, a young man giving the peace sign. He is shirtless.
Posted inDisability Sports

Queensland calls all Games changers

by daniellekOctober 1, 2024October 2, 2024

As the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games approach, authorities are considering the legacy that the Games can leave on the state of Queensland. This includes how the Games can […]

A group of people, some with a physical disability, sit in a room around a table with documents on it. They are having a discussion.
Posted inCommunity News

Have your say on social justice in Canterbury-Bankstown

by daniellekSeptember 24, 2024September 25, 2024

The City of Canterbury Bankstown is developing its first ever social justice charter and wants to hear from the community what issues matter most to them. Those who live, work […]

Melbourne Town Hall lit up in support of International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day.
Posted inSpecial Events

Global alliance marks International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day

by daniellekSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 2024

Over 60 organisations from around the globe marked the fourth annual International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day as part of the Global Alliance for Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness. Held on 15 September, […]

Three views of the spinal cord.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

40 Voices podcast delves into spinal cord injury

by daniellekSeptember 9, 2024September 11, 2024

An 18-episode podcast series created for families impacted by childhood-acquired spinal cord injury and dysfunction (SCI/D) has just been released. Called 40 Voices, and hosted by SpineCare Foundation, the series […]

A group of people's hands with red paint on them to represent Foundational Supports.
Posted inNDIS

Consultation on Foundational Supports

by daniellekSeptember 3, 2024September 4, 2024

Consultations around the design of Foundational Supports are starting this month. Public consultation with people with lived experience and their families and carers, disability organisations, along with the broader sector will […]

A teenage boy with dark hair wearing a pale shirt, with his arm around his mum, a middle aged woman with blonder hair and a patterned shirt.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

Help your child LEAP into their future

by daniellekAugust 27, 2024August 27, 2024

Expressions of interest are now open for Vision Australia’s 2025 LEAP program, designed to support young people aged 14 to 18 who are blind or have low vision build they […]

A pink brain, seen from above, representing the brain injury conference.
Posted inConferences

Register now for Adelaide Brain Injury Conference

by daniellekAugust 21, 2024August 21, 2024

Brain Injury Australia’s 9th National Brain Injury Conference will be held from September 24-26 at the Adelaide Oval, South Australia. The conference is one of the leading learning and development […]

A woman sits in front of an interview panel at a table. She has brown hair and is wearing denim overalls and a white tshirt. We can see two people from behind, watching her at the table. It looks like a job interview.
Posted inEmployment

Applications closing soon for Aurora Neuroinclusion Program

by daniellekAugust 13, 2024August 14, 2024

The Government is recruiting people who are neurodivergent for the Aurora Neuroinclusion Program in Adelaide. Applications are now open for the program for a range of different roles. Current roles […]

Wendy and Kylie arrive back at the beach after surviving the Polar Plunge.
Posted inDisability Sports

“Freezin’ for a reason” – hundreds in Polar Plunge

by daniellekAugust 6, 2024August 6, 2024

Around 10am on Saturday, over 140 people – some in tutus, some wearing capes, some in penguin costumes – began to run, tiptoe or dive into the freezing waters of […]

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