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Budget airlines make it hard for people with disabilities to travel, but Australian tourist sights get top marks

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Budget airlines make it hard for people with disabilities to travel, but Australian tourist sights get top marks

As a power wheelchair user with a complex physical disability, I've never been on a plane.

Not even when I travelled across Australia from rural Western Australia to the remote opal mining town of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales.

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AstroAccess zero gravity flight to help Dwayne Fernandes achieve space dream

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AstroAccess zero gravity flight to help Dwayne Fernandes achieve space dream

Dwayne Fernandes says he always dreamed of going into space but thought his disability would put the goal out of reach. 

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Dylan Alcott issues passionate defence of the NDIS at the disability royal commission

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Dylan Alcott issues passionate defence of the NDIS at the disability royal commission

Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott has delivered an impassioned defence of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), declaring "it's not broken — it's bloody great".

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NDIS funding for equine therapy returned after mother wins campaign for autistic son

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NDIS funding for equine therapy returned after mother wins campaign for autistic son

When Kelly Delaforce sees her 11-year-old son Riley walking with a horse, calmly interacting, she knows her battle to retain equine therapy on his NDIS plan has been worth the 12-month appeal.

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Why hasn't the disability unemployment rate improved in 30 years?

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Why hasn't the disability unemployment rate improved in 30 years?

This year, I turned 30 – and one statistic has been bugging me all year.

Did you know that people who live with disability are twice as likely to be unemployed, compared to those without disability?

But that's not all.

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