Category: News

Nine News presenter, Sylvia Jefferies has joined national charity, Youngcare, as an ambassador. She joins the organisation that, with the combined support of community, business and government, is helping to […]

Professor Froyen, who was born with one hand, gives a broad perspective of Universal Design. Universal Design is about an environment that can be easily and safely accessed, understood and used by […]

For the second year running Guide Dogs has been voted Australia’s most trusted charity. In the annual Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand poll taken from 2400 respondents nationally, the charity took […]

The first edition of what will be a yearly publication on dyslexia will be launched in August.  It is part of an effort to reach as many teachers, parents and […]

Brain Injury Australia has a one-day workshop for professionals working in domains where behaviour is a concern. The workshop will be presented by Dr Tim Feeney (pictured), a leading US […]

Plans to install additional talking signs in the Brisbane Brunswick Street Mall Revitalisation Project.

Parents are the most common source of help for two-thirds of people living with an intellectual disability. This is according to the latest survey from the Australian Bureau of Statistics […]

Walk With Me, a national fund raising event for critical disability support services hits the road in Aug/Sept.

Jodi Clements is president of the Australian Dyslexia Association and researcher at the University of Tasmania. The biggest challenge facing those with dyslexia? Often those with dyslexia are misunderstood since […]

A Federal Government interim report suggests only those with a permanent disability will receive the DSP. The report into the proposed overhaul of the Australian welfare system recommends that the […]

Graeme Innes has been Disability Discrimination Commissioner since 2005. He will leave this post on July 4.  Your greatest achievement as Disability Discrimination Commissioner? It is hard to choose one particular […]

Labor and Greens block a payment scheme for people with disability working in Australian Disability Enterprises. The House of Representatives had earlier passed the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT). […]