News — Living With a Disability
Townsville Marathon's first wheelchair racer shatters stigma and champions change
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When Damon Jaenke takes to the starting line at this weekend's gruelling Townsville Marathon, he will make history as the first person to contest it in a wheelchair.
The race was first held in 1972, making it one of Australia's oldest marathons, but until Mr Jaenke approached the organisers, they'd never considered creating a wheelchair category.
Tasmanian artist, author Janelle McMillan on her everyday battle to be understood
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I live in two different worlds.
One of respect, acceptance and understanding when I am behind safe walls at home, but the other is filled with misunderstanding, judgement, disrespect, ignorance and sometimes downright rudeness out there in our community.
Surfing the Spectrum offers 'life-changing' water therapy for autistic kids
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Seven-year-old Hendrix loves watching the waves break over his head when he dives into the ocean.
Being in the water makes him feel "calm and weightless", according to his dad Daniel White, who takes him to the beach up to three times a day.
Chelsea Hodges's bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is the sweetest success after a difficult 12 months
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Sometimes it’s not about winning, it's just about getting in the pool.
And Chelsea Hodges's bronze medal in the women’s 50 metres breaststroke was proof of that.
"The last 12 months have been really hard," she told ABC Sport.
Port Macquarie early risers brave winter ice baths for better physical and mental health
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Francine Nunnari admits jumping into a freezing cold ice bath on a crisp winter's morning sounds "crazy".
"Who would want to start doing ice baths in the middle of winter? I really thought it would just be me."