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The EZ Door Knob Grip - Removable Glow-in-the-Dark Inserts | Assist You In And Out Of Your Home

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The EZ Door Knob Grip - Removable Glow-in-the-Dark Inserts | Assist You In And Out Of Your Home

The Ausnew EZ Doorknob Grips make it easy to turn around awkward doorknobs. It’s great for people with arthritis, young children, and senior citizens who may have trouble gripping the door handle.

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Karan Nagrani is using social media to raise awareness about the 'spectrum of blindness'

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Karan Nagrani is using social media to raise awareness about the 'spectrum of blindness'

What comes to mind when you think of blindness? Is it a person donning dark sunglasses, possibly with a cane, or a guide dog?

There are certainly people with vision loss who fit this bill, but for many others, their experience of blindness is not quite so black and white.

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I have prosthetic hands and it constantly surprises people

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I have prosthetic hands and it constantly surprises people

A few days ago, I visited a local pub with a girlfriend, and standing at the bar together we ordered two glasses of wine.

The bartender promptly placed two stemless glasses on the counter and began pouring.

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Plastic can be an essential accessibility tool for people with disability. What happens when we ban it?

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Plastic can be an essential accessibility tool for people with disability. What happens when we ban it?

As a person living with a physical disability, there are a few items I require to help me live an independent life.

Pre-prepared vegetables, ready meals and drinking straws — some of which are made of plastic — are absolutely essential for people like me.

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Townsville Marathon's first wheelchair racer shatters stigma and champions change

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Townsville Marathon's first wheelchair racer shatters stigma and champions change

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.

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