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Universal Design (UD) is not just about access it brings with it wide-reaching economic and social benefits, according to Deloitte Access Economics partner, Nicki Hutley. Speaking at the Universal Design […]

Freedom2Live has two tickets, worth 650 each, to give away for this year’s Australian Universal Design Conference. Taking place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 4-5, the conference aims to […]

The UK summit chair, Professor Tom Shakespeare, who visited Australia recently, delivered a powerful speech on disability and leadership, at the inaugural Global Disability Summit. “To live with impairment and […]

Nicki Hutley from Deloitte Access Economics, Amy Child from global engineering firm Arup and Chris Veitch from UK based Access New Business are among the line-up of speakers at this […]

A UK study has found that the ability to distinguish truth from lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) putting them at greater risk of being manipulated. […]

An Autism Advisory Group has been established to provide advice and feedback to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). The Australian Autism Alliance looks forward to working with its partners and […]

Australians with a disability, their families and carers will be better off under a landmark agreement between the Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments. The arrangement ensures the full rollout […]

There were many new products and solutions to help increase independence and make life easier for people with disability. Here are a few that caught our attention at ATSA Melbourne. Freedom […]

People living with autism spectrum disorder are one step closer to receiving personalised genetic diagnosis and treatment, according to University of Queensland (UQ) research. New approaches in genomic technologies, computational […]

The funding cloud that was hanging over the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has lifted with the Federal Government now fully committed to supporting the scheme. A stronger economy and […]

Changes to the National Relay Service (NRS) has the potential to put those who are deaf or hearing-impaired at risk. This follows the Australian Government’s recent decision to release a […]

Land transport crashes were the major contributor to traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) cases according to the latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. There were 236 […]