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One mum's quest to help children with autism using horses
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The first time Cristelle Capitani introduced her son to her horse, she says her normally disengaged boy came to life.
The smiles and interaction she had yearned to see for so long lit up his face.
As a mum to two boys with autism, it was an experience she had never dreamed possible for her children.
Blind cricketers left to fund own way to national championships after WA Cricket decision
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Blind shearing shed roustabout moving on to new challenges
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Are pregnant women, elderly and people with disability prioritised in PCR testing queues?
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At 25 weeks pregnant, Brisbane woman Leilehua Fa'onevai waited in her car for eight hours to receive a PCR test.
Her parents, who live with her, had tested positive to COVID-19 and she couldn't find rapid antigen tests (RATs) in shops or state-run clinics.
I'm a photographer and I'm colourblind — this is what I've learnt about the world
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I'm a photographer. I'm also completely colourblind.
I see no colour, and never have, as I was born with a condition called rod monochromatism.
Forms of colour blindness are thought to affect about 8 per cent of men and 0.4 per cent of women, according to Vision Australia, but my condition is amongst the rarest and most severe forms.