Delegate registration is now open for the Australasia-Pacific Post-Polio Conference. The conference will be held in Sydney, September 20-22, 2016. Among the 24 keynote speakers for the inaugural event for […]
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Improving Disability Employment Opportunities
The government wants feedback from the disability sector to develop a National Disability Employment Framework. People with disability, their families, carers and employers are being encouraged to contribute to the […]
Expressions of interest for NSW disability housing project
There is some good news on the horizon for around 400 people with disability living in the Hunter region. The NSW Government is seeking expressions of interest from non-government organisations […]
A strapping good story
The Melbourne Cup stops the nation and this year’s event also moved it as never before. Jockey Michelle Payne made history as the first woman to win the Cup in […]
Volunteers wanted for ‘brain training’ clinical trial
The Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre is seeking volunteers to participate in a new clinical trial. In a novel approach the centre is examining whether combining a non-invasive form of […]
National Disability Awards
The National Disability Awards will be announced at Parliament House, Canberra on November 25. Now in their ninth year, the awards recognise the contribution people and organisations make to improve […]
NDIS 2014 -15 Annual Report
After two years the NDIS is on track to deliver equity to Australians with disability. It its Annual Report, the NDIS is on time, on budget and receiving high rates […]
NDIS: A revolution in the making?
The impact and influence of the NDIS presents a major global opportunity in technology innovation. How this will be achieved was outlined in an ambitious speech by National Disability Insurance […]
NDIA releases Assistive Technology Strategy
The NDIA has laid out its proposed strategy for the provision of assistive technology to the disability sector. NDIA’s vision is to ensure that participants have choice in and access […]
Register Now for International Day of People with Disability
Now is the time to register your planned event for (IDPwD) being held on December 3. Patron for this year’s event is disability rights enthusiast John Walsh. Organisers who register […]
Keeping up with what moves people with disability
Rehacare, the international trade fair gathering for rehabilitation products, has just wrapped in Germany. A major trend at the fair was the increasing number of international exhibitors using Rehacare as a platform […]
Help to develop new online course for TBI
If you have a traumatic brain injury or neurological disorder your input is needed for an online course. Sydney’s Macquarie University eCentreClinic is developing a free online course to help […]