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Video game coding skills lands South Australian year 12 student with autism a job
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Mount Gambier man's friendship with guide dog opens up world of adventure
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Having 5-per-cent vision can leave you vulnerable in some situations.
Like receiving the wrong audiobook and only being able to find out when you are halfway through it — just ask 39-year-old Paul Manfrin.
Verney Road School in Shepparton moves to former Wanganui Park Secondary School site
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Shepparton's Verney Road School will find a new home at the former Wanganui Park Secondary School site after receiving a significant funding boost.
Key points:
- $23.8 million has been promised to build a new home for a Shepparton special school
- The school, built for 75 students, now has more than 230, plus staff
- The new building is expected to open in the 2026 school year
Queer love stories: Ivy and Yoey
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The love that Ivy McGowan and Yoey Maxwell share is a rare kind.
In the five years since they met by chance at a queer picnic in Naarm/Melbourne on Ivy's 22nd birthday, it's grown to become something they had both thought they could only ever dare to dream for.
We asked them to share their story with us.
Blindness no barrier for Wollongong jeweller Keely Payne as she creates by touch
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When Wollongong jewellery maker Keely Payne sits down to work, she does everything from choosing colours to threading tiny beads onto wire by touch alone.
Tackle boxes filled with colour-coordinated beads contain braille on the side to tell her what she is holding.