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New album explores the sound world of deaf artists, highlighting different ways of listening
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There is a common misconception that deaf people live in a world of silence.
But many people who are deaf retain some hearing. Some, such as Australia's former Prime Minister John Howard, make successful careers in a world full of noise.
3D printed models help blind and low-vision students learn more about their world
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What do puffer fish and the Mona Lisa have in common?
Not much, unless you're in a classroom at the South Australian School for Vision Impaired, where they are being meticulously printed into 3D models for students to investigate.
Recycled, reused, repurposed. Joshua's heartbreak led to a charity harnessing joy for those living with a disability
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Joshua Lowndes passed all his milestones as a baby. He walked and crawled and by the age of two could count and knew all the colours of the rainbow.
But his life changed dramatically when he started having complex partial seizures.
Personal trainers with a disability on a mission to help others work up a sweat
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Many people would see cerebral palsy as a barrier to a physically demanding career.
But Connor Johnstone has refused to allow his disability to hold him back.
He's a fully qualified personal trainer with a degree in sports science and a masters in strength and conditioning.
Adapted mountain biking makes Tasmanian wilderness accessible for paraplegic riders
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Gordon Broome has always been an adventurer, and more recently, an avid mountain bike rider.
In 2021, he experienced a spinal cord injury that resulted in him becoming quadriplegic.