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Bedroom Aids: Useful Equipment to Help Get In and Out of Bed

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Bedroom Aids: Useful Equipment to Help Get In and Out of Bed

If you find yourself with flexibility or strength issues, one of the tasks with which you may have difficulty in getting in and out of bed. While it’s something most healthy people take for granted, this simple action can become a struggle, either because of an injury, a disability, or another condition associated with old age. Fortunately, there is an ever-growing list of products available to help the process, most of which are simple to install and use. Aids to help get in and out of bed can become valuable and important tools in your daily routine. Here, we’ll run...

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Deaf Indigenous Dance Group sees music, feels rhythm, dances in silence

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Deaf Indigenous Dance Group sees music, feels rhythm, dances in silence

Being deaf does not stop Kuku-Thaypan Yalanji woman Patty Morris Banjo from feeling the music.

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Auslan interpreter Mikey Webb raises awareness of deaf community amid disasters, pandemics

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Auslan interpreter Mikey Webb raises awareness of deaf community amid disasters, pandemics

At a time of deep uncertainty, when seemingly endless news alerts warn of more COVID cases, lockdowns and hardship, Mikey Webb has become a familiar face across Australia.

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Auslan gym classes a perfect fit for people who are deaf or hard of hearing in Queensland

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Auslan gym classes a perfect fit for people who are deaf or hard of hearing in Queensland

A gym providing signed Auslan classes for people who are deaf or hard of hearing is helping the community stay fit safely, breaking down communication barriers that can be experienced in gyms.

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Before she is deaf, Kylie wants to complete her bucket list of sounds

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Before she is deaf, Kylie wants to complete her bucket list of sounds

Someday soon Kylie Webb will visit a specialist and her world will fall silent.

She doesn't know how much longer she will hear. It might be months or years.

These are the sounds she wants to remember.

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