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CARER OR PREDATOR
Let’s be realistic, we can’t stop it but, we can reduce how often it happens if everybody talks, listens, and observes more than we do. I’d like to think the number of inappropriate incidences that...
View ArticleParalympics Starts Thursday 30th August + Amazing Video Clip
The ABC has exclusive rights to the Paralympics, No commercials, love that  The ABC television schedule Opening Ceremony ABC Thursday, August 30 at 5:20am Daily LIVE coverage on ABC1 Friday August 31...
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All You Can Eat, “Frequently Asked Questions” on the National Disability...
I’m loving the ongoing interest from the general public about The National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS It’s great that Department of, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs FaHCSIA have...
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12 Rules of friendship from a mother of a child with special needs
Please educate your children about my child’s condition. Don’t ask them to be nicer to him because of his disability. Ask them to treat him like any other child. That’s what I teach my child about...
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Directly Employ your Carer, Now an Option in Victoria
Department of Human Services Victoria announced yesterday the state-wide implementation of the option to direct employ carers. The Department has defined direct employment to be: Where a person has an...
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A “Session” with Ben & Judi Lewin – Director of the Sessions
Recently I had the great honour and privilege to meet Ben Lewin and his wife Judi Lewin Ben is the Director of “The Sessions” and Judi is a producer in her own right. In November 2012 I did a movie...
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Focus on Ability, Short Film Competition
Suggest you flag this or email it to home so that you can take your time & watch some of the brilliant entries in this years “Focus on Ability Short Film” competition 2013 My favourite is titled...
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Senator the Hon Jan McLucas – NDIS/Disability Champion
When the dust has settles after the election lets not forget those champions who supported and made DisabiltyCare happen. Senator the Hon Jan McLucas is one of the individuals. Jan keeps her finger on...
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Got what it takes to be a carer?
Don’t guess, do the Carecareers Quiz Carecarers is a great website that gives an interesting insight into the carers profession They have a simple “click and choose quiz” that helps with your thoughts...
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What Do Facebook And Trains Have in Common?
The doors open, you go up the ramp, announce to the world (driver) where you’re going. You then decide if you’re going to interact online as in on your mobile phone or liaise with others on the train....
View Article“Choice & Control”, not just a NDIS slogan
The movie “Me before You” I enjoyed it. At the end of the day it was a humorous love story where a guy who had quadriplegia and his carer fell in love. It made me laugh and cry, that’s why I go to the...
View ArticleNever was picked up from respite, yes relinquishment is still happening
Over 50 families relinquish their children with a disability in Victoria every year is a very sad statistic. (Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission Report Desperate Measures-May...
View ArticleStop Here, Reduce Your Anxiety
Excuse me, can you tell me where we are”? As a wheelchair user on a crowded train, no way can I tell when I am approaching my train stop. Innovation that gives people more confidence & can...
View ArticleWheel Chair to Wheel Chair, with Tim Ferguson
Humour & Disability, an interesting mix. It was great chatting with Tim Ferguson on a range of things, like humour, attitudes, employment & NDIS. He’s a funny guy of course, a well-known...
View ArticleGoogle Home, a New Disability Support
It’s the small things in life that can make a big difference. Google Home is a non-screen, voice responsive piece of technology which is helping me a lot. It sits on my bedside table and I talk to it....
View ArticleAutistics Feeling Proud
Recently I attended the I CAN NETWORK “AWETISM 2017: Celebrating The Spectrum Expo” which was a gig I won’t forget for a long time. At this Expo students who were involved in the I CAN Secondary...
View ArticleInstitutional Living & Needing Carers
Set aside 20 minutes to watch this. It’s an interesting insight from Dick Weinman from Oregon, USA, who shares his journey about moving into an ALF (Assisted Living Facility) which we call “a nursing...
View ArticleBe Smart When You Recruit
As the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) grows, it’s great that people with disabilities continue to be involved in the recruitment process such as I have since day 1. This is a happy snap of...
View ArticleInclusive Meaningful Volunteering, goes beyond stuffing envelopes
What an enjoyable experience it was to have Camellia Sayed from Volunteering Victoria along with Marnie Higgs on the So… Podcast discussing the Victoria ALIVE…Continue readingInclusive Meaningful...
View ArticleWhat Do Facebook And Trains Have in Common?
The doors open, you go up the ramp, announce to the world (driver) where you’re going. You then decide if you’re going to interact online…Continue readingWhat Do Facebook And Trains Have in Common?
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