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Blind teen cricketer Sean Kendrick hopeful of 'great honour' to play for Australia

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Blind teen cricketer Sean Kendrick hopeful of 'great honour' to play for Australia

Teenager Sean Kendrick is on the cusp of being possibly the youngest blind cricketer to represent Australia, with the 15-year-old playing for Queensland at the National Cricket Inclusion Championships (NCIC) in Geelong, in Victoria, next week.

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New bushfire resources for first responders to help autistic people and those living with disability

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New bushfire resources for first responders to help autistic people and those living with disability

For autistic man Haydn Payne, the panic and terror of last summer's bushfires is still raw.

He was in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, to support an autistic friend through the crisis when he realised something.

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Artists living with disability retreat to the Australian bush to find inspiration post COVID-19 lockdown

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Artists living with disability retreat to the Australian bush to find inspiration post COVID-19 lockdown

These female artists living with disabilities have been freed from months of isolation due to coronavirus lockdowns — and now they've reignited their creative minds in the Australian bush.

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How being disabled prepared Lefa for parenting in lockdown

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How being disabled prepared Lefa for parenting in lockdown

Surveying our lounge room, my partner and I take a large breath in as we stand over the detritus of a rainy morning with an over exuberant three-year-old and a cranky 10-year-old.

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Lily wishes able-bodied people knew the truth about how she thinks of her wheelchair

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Lily wishes able-bodied people knew the truth about how she thinks of her wheelchair

Lily knows how many people in the able-bodied world view people who use wheelchairs.

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