News — intellectual disability
After a horrific car crash, doctor Dinesh Palipana saw the emergency ward from the patients' side
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After a car accident in 2010, doctor Dinesh Palipana was left a quadriplegic.
Key points:
- A car accident left Dinesh Palipana paralysed below his chest
- It did not stop him from becoming a doctor
- He is now helping to make the profession more inclusive
The Northern Territory's first supported independent living home opens in Nhulunbuy
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Albury housing project to provide purpose-built homes for locals living with disability
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From radio to TV to books, Elaine Harris refuses to be pigeonholed for her lack of sight
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It was good luck more than anything else that got Elaine Harris her first job in broadcasting in 1979, she says.
But it is her hard work and dedication to the craft of storytelling that has seen her go on to work in radio, television and the written word for decades since.
Swan Hill mother emboldened by family tragedy campaigns for suicide prevention
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