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Wheelchair dancing brings joy, challenges perceptions about disability

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Wheelchair dancing brings joy, challenges perceptions about disability

As the curtain rises on the stage, the lights illuminate seven dancers and an appreciative gasp rings out through the sell-out crowd in the theatre.

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Martial arts training helping to combat intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities

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Martial arts training helping to combat intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities

Judo practitioner Shane Masters has an acquired brain injury from a workplace accident over a decade ago.

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Tenpin bowling provides students with disabilities unique pathways to sporting heights

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Tenpin bowling provides students with disabilities unique pathways to sporting heights

A school sports program offering tenpin bowling classes for regional students with disabilities is being hailed by advocates as a "fantastic" step towards changing community expectations.

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Twenty-year waitlist for disability housing leads Tasmanian father Bob Gordon to find his own solution

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Twenty-year waitlist for disability housing leads Tasmanian father Bob Gordon to find his own solution

Four years ago Bob Gordon and Dianne Snowden started looking into housing options for their youngest son, Jack.

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Blindness no impairment to driving fast on a racetrack for Lilly Skurnik

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Blindness no impairment to driving fast on a racetrack for Lilly Skurnik

When Lilly Skurnik was asked if she would like the opportunity to go for a drive, she was ecstatic to learn she'd be the one taking control of the wheel.

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