News — intellectual disability
New car for paraplegic mum after community rallies with Hoodoo Gurus, pro-surfer Molly Picklum
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Eleanor graduates with first-class honours as she pursues palaeontology dream career after chance encounter
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Eleanor Beidatsch is used to overcoming the odds, but even she thought a career in palaeontology would be a bridge too far.
The 30-year-old was convinced her passion would only ever be a hobby, but her dreams came true nearly 4,000 kilometres away from her West Australian home.
Blind big-game fisher urges people with disabilities to 'chase your goals' after massive tuna catch
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Vision impaired young people call for change in narrative to avoid stereotypes, stigmas
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Alana Tiller is a 20-year-old university student and avid hobby shooter.
She also lives with Oculocutaneous albinism, which often causes progressive vision loss.
She now has "around 3 per cent vision on a good day".
Pay Day with Elly Desmarchelier: 'Paying my disability tax is no mean feat'
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It's Pay Day! The ABC's new column where we ask Australians the money questions we don't like to talk about. We aim to demystify personal finance and normalise conversations about what we earn and how we save it — or spend it.
Elly Desmarchelie