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Martial arts training helping to combat intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities

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Martial arts training helping to combat intellectual, physical and sensory disabilities

Judo practitioner Shane Masters has an acquired brain injury from a workplace accident over a decade ago.

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Twenty-year waitlist for disability housing leads Tasmanian father Bob Gordon to find his own solution

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Twenty-year waitlist for disability housing leads Tasmanian father Bob Gordon to find his own solution

Four years ago Bob Gordon and Dianne Snowden started looking into housing options for their youngest son, Jack.

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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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