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Demand for animal-assisted services grows, with pony time helping Owen relax, use sign language, slow down

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Demand for animal-assisted services grows, with pony time helping Owen relax, use sign language, slow down

Four-year-old Owen loves to climb and dance but when he sits on gentle old Welsh pony Sherbie his little body relaxes and he dozes off. 

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Designers Carol Taylor and Jessie Sadler bring disability-friendly creations to runway for Australian Fashion Week

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Designers Carol Taylor and Jessie Sadler bring disability-friendly creations to runway for Australian Fashion Week

For the first time in Australian Fashion Week history, a runway show has been created by and for people with disabilities, and modelled by people with disabilities. 

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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

All it took was a simple cold for three-year-old Charlotte Rivett to lose her hearing completely.

Charlotte was born deaf in one ear, but when a cold virus robbed her of her partial hearing ability, her parents were faced with a huge dilemma.

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I'm a blind psychologist. This is how I've learned to 'read the room' at work

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I'm a blind psychologist. This is how I've learned to 'read the room' at work

I'm at my desk on a work call. I've just asked a question.

It's a challenging one, but I'm counting on it being OK because, over time, I've built rapport with the person on the other end of the line.

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A stranger told Jennelle she shouldn't have children. Now she's a proud mum

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A stranger told Jennelle she shouldn't have children. Now she's a proud mum

Jennelle Schroder will never forget the moment a stranger at the bus stop told her she shouldn't have children.

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