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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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Blind dairy farmer Harry Gibson and wife Diana have made it work despite the odds

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Blind dairy farmer Harry Gibson and wife Diana have made it work despite the odds

Married for almost 50 years, she was his eyes as he slowly lost his sight, then he became her memory as it gave way to Parkinson's disease.

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Disability royal commission told of efforts to help Indigenous woman locked away for 20 years

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Disability royal commission told of efforts to help Indigenous woman locked away for 20 years

After being locked away for more than two decades, Melanie* hopes for simple things: to cook, to have a pet dog, to go to the beach.

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How the 2000 Sydney Paralympics changed perceptions of disability

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How the 2000 Sydney Paralympics changed perceptions of disability

The memory of carrying the Australian flag into a packed stadium for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, 20 years ago this week, still makes Brendan Burkett's heart beat a little faster.

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Artists living with disability retreat to the Australian bush to find inspiration post COVID-19 lockdown

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Artists living with disability retreat to the Australian bush to find inspiration post COVID-19 lockdown

These female artists living with disabilities have been freed from months of isolation due to coronavirus lockdowns — and now they've reignited their creative minds in the Australian bush.

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