News — Living With a Disability
Female jockey Skye Bogenhuber returns to racing after suffering a serious brain injury
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Skye Bogenhuber can't remember the first week after the accident in which she almost died.
The blind, deaf photographer opening exhibitions around the world with photos you can see with your hands
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Brenden Borellini can see every part of the photographs he takes, from the ridges of a mountain in Yosemite National Park to a wave splashing against a rock at his local beach.
Disability no barrier for Eddie Sutherland after Rockhampton truck dealership hires him
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Eddie Sutherland loved his job as a labourer at his local railway, but when work dried up two years ago, he was back in the unemployment queue despite being desperate for a new challenge.
Daniel Andrews walking for 18 minutes a day as he recovers from spinal injury
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Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews said he was back walking for 18 minutes a day during a "pretty painful" recovery from a back injury suffered last month.
Augmentative communication helps improve William’s speech
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Through his NDIS plan, eight-year-old, William Tagg is using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to enhance his speech and parents, Sharon and Rob, couldn’t be happier with the results. William, who has Down syndrome, experienced delayed speech, which made it hard for him to communicate so AAC, a method of communication to supplement his speech, has supported him to communicate more effectively and participate more in daily activities. Sharon said through William’s NDIS plan she was able to allocate some funding to a communications tablet. “It’s purely a speech device, and it goes with him every day to school. William uses...