Category: News

Review of NDIS Agency reveals more effort needed to confirm if rollout timetable is doable. An independent review of the capability of the NDIS Agency, charged with delivering the NDIS was described by […]

Alzheimer’s Vic and Opaque Multimedia have launched a crowd funding campaign to help people with dementia. Called The Forest Project, it claims to be breaking new ground using virtual sensory […]

The Learning Difference Convention has just achieved BOSTES PD accreditation. By attending the convention seminars, teachers have the opportunity to receive a certificate that goes toward their professional development accreditation […]

Bushfire survivor, Turia Pitt, wins NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year award.  The mining engineer suffered burns to 60 per cent of her body after being caught in a bushfire […]

Too many people with disability are going to jail despite not being found guilty of an offence. Prison is not an alternative accommodation option for people with disabilities, according to […]

Computer gaming technology can help improve outcomes for people with movement disorders. Researchers at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital have introduced an innovative assessment of people’s gait using the […]

Researchers have identified a surprising shift in biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in its early stages. It suggests that the pathology of the disease begins years before cognitive symptoms appear.   Scientists […]

Applications are open for the 2014 DCA Youth Grants Program. Young people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing aged between 15-21 years can apply to receive a grant of up to […]

The Federal Government has kick-started the process for developing the NDIS Workforce Strategy. National Disability Services has been contracted to deliver a report which has three priority areas:  supporting and […]

Tim Wilson has joined the Australian Human Rights Commission as Human Rights Commissioner. Wilson’s role will focus on promoting and advancing human rights and freedoms. He was formerly policy director […]

Todd Sampson is the new ambassador for the Brain Foundation. The TV personality and CEO of Leo Burnett advertising told Freedom2Live he was happy to  have the Foundation use his […]