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Restless Dance company fighting for its life after funding loss shock

February 25, 2021 • Artist • dance • disability • funding • Restless Dance company training. • Restless Dance Theatre • Talent

For dancer Michael Noble, the Restless Dance company is his life and he can't imagine a future without it.

Expensive, Isolating, Lonely: New Survey Reveals Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19

February 25, 2021 • Covid-19 • disability • Survey

We are very concerned to hear about the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases over the last week in Victoria, and other states, and that Stage 3 lockdown has been reimposed to contain the virus.

Disabled racing driver Billy Monger embarks on 140-mile challenge for Comic Relief

February 18, 2021 • accessible sports • amputee • Comic relief • disability • fund raise • paralympic athlets • sport

Billy Monger, a professional car racer and double leg amputee, is going to walk, cycle and kayak 140-miles in four days to raise money for Comic Relief. The 21-year-old from Charlwood, Surrey, had both legs amputated following a car crash in 2017.

Claire Mitchell

February 18, 2021 • access • Down Syndrome • DSAN • intellectual disability

What’s life all about? It’s pretty simple for most people: loving family and friends, keeping healthy, having an active social life, and a job.

The Adventures Of The Boy Who Was Told He’d Never Speak

February 18, 2021 • ableism • anti bullyig • Anti discrimation • disability • disability law • disability stereotypes • education

For Year 7, I started at a little school in the NSW outback with an enrolment of 150 students from K-12. At first, there were no problems, then things started to go wrong, writes William McIntosh.

Content note: Descriptions of bullying, ableism and a mention of suicide.

Restless Dance company fighting for its life after funding loss shock

Expensive, Isolating, Lonely: New Survey Reveals Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19

Disabled racing driver Billy Monger embarks on 140-mile challenge for Comic Relief

Claire Mitchell

The Adventures Of The Boy Who Was Told He’d Never Speak

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