If you want to know more about Covid and the history of pandemics then a new online exhibition from The National Communications Museum in Melbourne is worth a visit. […]
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2021 NAB AFLW Premiership Cup Ambassador
Yeronga South Brisbane Devils Football Club player, Jamie Howell has been selected as the 2021 NAB AFLW Premiership Cup Ambassador. Howell, who is profoundly deaf, will be involved in the […]
Seton Villa opens first purpose-built SDA
Two new Seton Villa purpose-built homes for women with intellectual disabilities have opened in Sydney. The Specialist Disability Accommodation homes located in Ryde and Marsfield are designed with modern and […]
NDIS continues to deliver pleasing results
The NDIS has continued to deliver during Covid-19 according to new data. The latest NDIS Quarterly Report (Q2 2020-21) showed on average 24,800 people went into the NDIS each quarter […]
New business training programs from Accessible Arts
NSW based arts disability organisation, Accessible Arts has added new services and training designed to give businesses the opportunity to increase culture, accessibility and inclusion for people with disability. Among […]
DRC hearing to examine ‘criminalisation of disability’
The Disability Royal Commission will examine the detention and overrepresentation of people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system at its next public hearing from February 16-25. 2021. The […]
Vision Australia introduces LEGO Braille Bricks
Vision Australia has launched LEGO Braille Bricks in a partnership with the LEGO Foundation. The bricks are designed to help build braille skills in children who are blind or have […]
Australia Day Award to STEPS Qld. managing director
STEPS managing director, Carmel Crouch has a new title, Senior Citizen of the Year, at the Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards for promoting change and opportunity in the disability community. […]
Melbourne Institute delivers grant recipients
Eight projects have been selected for a research partnership with the Melbourne Disability Institute. The Community Based Research Scheme is designed to encourage and support the disability community in evaluating […]
Accessible Arts launches 2021 activities program
Accessible Arts has released details of its 2021 calendar that includes a new training program, video art initiative and a musical event at the Sydney Festival. The organisation is helping […]
NDIA wants participant input on NDIS reforms
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is calling on people with disability, participants, their families, carers and the disability sector to have their say on changes to make the NDIS […]
“Unprecedented” funding for Victorian students with disability
The Victorian Budget 2020/21 will invest an unprecedented $1.6 billion to support school students with disability in an ‘Australian-first’ Disability Inclusion package. The record investments, which will double the number of students receiving extra […]