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Tag: university of Queensland

A disabled sign with a white symbol of a person in a wheelchair, underneath a wooden gavel.
Posted inNDIS

Student-led project leads to online database of NDIS appeals

by daniellekOctober 1, 2025October 1, 2025

University of Queensland Law School students working through the university’s Pro Bono Centre have created an online database of NDIS appeals. The NDIS Appeals Database is now available for lawyers appealing decisions for people who […]

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Posted inResearch Projects

Right Direction to fix gaps in NDIS planning

by daniellekSeptember 16, 2025September 16, 2025

Evidence reveals that more than 60 per cent of NDIS participants receiving behaviour support services were not involved in developing their own plans. A newly-developed suite of resources called The […]

A group of people looking joyful, standing outside a building with a flag that says Crossroad.
Posted inArts

Creating Out Loud enhances accessibility for artists

by daniellekJune 25, 2025June 25, 2025

A new Easy Read guide is helping artists with low literacy or intellectual disability to develop their leadership skills. Created by University of Queensland researchers with Down syndrome, the Creating […]

A wheelchair sits at the edge of a swimming pool. A young man is being assisted into the pool by a woman in a maroon shirt, and a shirtless man in the water.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

Aquatic win for young people with cerebral palsy

by daniellekNovember 26, 2024November 27, 2024

Young people with cerebral palsy have seen some of their symptoms decline thanks to a swimming program developed by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers. Professor Sean Tweedy from UQ’s School of Human […]

Posted inNews

Wings for Life to boost spinal cord research

by Lizzie HunterApril 21, 2019May 6, 2019

A world-wide competition will pit human against machine in a virtual high-tech car chase this weekend. The competition will raise money for spinal cord injury research – helping a University […]

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