The National Youth Disability Summit Haley Zilberberg looks at how the National Youth Disability Summit provides a space for young people with disability to discuss the issues that matter to them. Earlier this month, the first ever National Youth Disability Summit...
Meeting Place moves online in 2020 The leading forum for the arts and disability is moving online in 2020. Meeting Place, the signature annual event of Arts Access Australia, provides space for artists with disability to present, perform, discuss and debate. This...
Leaping to independence: five things I was told I’d never do Carolyn Campbell-McLean lives with spinal muscular atrophy. For Inform, she writes about her pursuit of independence and her mission to help others with disabilities follow their dreams. ‘Living your best...
The life-changing work of Dogs for Kids Dogs for Kids is a Victorian-based organisation that raises and trains assistance dogs and therapy dogs to work with kids and teenagers with a range of different disabilities. Inform spoke with founder, Katie Hunter about the...
Faces of chronic pain for National Pain Week When Jess Price had a sore throat in June 2017, she had no idea that in less than a year she would be diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis and later, Fibromyalgia. Jess is one of three million Australians who live with...
Fewer restrictions shouldn’t mean fewer choices for people with disabilities Although Melbourne and parts of Victoria are still struggling with lockdown, in other parts of Australia restrictions are easing. Travel is being permitted between states and territories and...
