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Gabriel will be blind by the time he's 40. But his vision for his community is 'crystal clear'

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Gabriel will be blind by the time he's 40. But his vision for his community is 'crystal clear'

When Gabriel Gervasoni was born, he was so pale that the nuns at the old Catholic hospital in Ballarat thought "he must be an angel", his mother, Mandy, quips.

"He had this bright white hair," she says. 

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Demand for animal-assisted services grows, with pony time helping Owen relax, use sign language, slow down

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Demand for animal-assisted services grows, with pony time helping Owen relax, use sign language, slow down

Four-year-old Owen loves to climb and dance but when he sits on gentle old Welsh pony Sherbie his little body relaxes and he dozes off. 

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Designers Carol Taylor and Jessie Sadler bring disability-friendly creations to runway for Australian Fashion Week

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Designers Carol Taylor and Jessie Sadler bring disability-friendly creations to runway for Australian Fashion Week

For the first time in Australian Fashion Week history, a runway show has been created by and for people with disabilities, and modelled by people with disabilities. 

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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

All it took was a simple cold for three-year-old Charlotte Rivett to lose her hearing completely.

Charlotte was born deaf in one ear, but when a cold virus robbed her of her partial hearing ability, her parents were faced with a huge dilemma.

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I'm a blind psychologist. This is how I've learned to 'read the room' at work

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I'm a blind psychologist. This is how I've learned to 'read the room' at work

I'm at my desk on a work call. I've just asked a question.

It's a challenging one, but I'm counting on it being OK because, over time, I've built rapport with the person on the other end of the line.

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