Category: Partner News
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Enhancing Equity in Cervical Screening
Professor Deborah Bateson and Associate Professor Mary-Ann O’Donovan at the University of Sydney are engaging with with people with disabilities and their supporters on behalf of the Department of Health and Aged Care to improve equity in breast screening. We’re interested to hear from women and people with a cervix with lived experience of disability…
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City of Ballarat Accessibility in Practice Forum – August 2025
The City of Ballarat is hosting an “Accessibility in Practise Forum” in August 2025. The forum covers a broad range of “disability inclusion” topics and is aimed at organisations, community groups, clubs or services based in, or servicing the City of Ballarat region (only). For more information and to register for this free event, click…
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Free Webinar — Simplifying Specialist Disability Accommodation
Paramount Disability Homes are a leading provider of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) with a large portfolio of properties managed across Victoria. You can view the available properties here and there are many more projects in progress. Paramount Disability Homes in collaboration with Housing Hub is hosting a free webinar: Simplifying Specialist Disability Accommodation1 April 2025…
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Positive Powerful Parents — Melbourne Friday Friendship Groups (2025)
Positive Powerful Parents will again be running monthly Melbourne Friday Friendship Groups in 2025 from 12.00 pm to 2.00 pm at (Level 4) Ross House, 284 Flinders Lane Melbourne. This group is for parents who have intellectual disability to connect with other parents, have friendly chats, share information, learn about self advocacy, talk about issues & good outcomes…
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Help Improve Rail Crossing Safety for People with Disability!
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is partnering with La Trobe University’s Centre for Technology Infusion to improve safety and accessibility at level crossings. Researchers wish to engage with people with a physical or sensory disability, to hear about their experiences. The research team has spoken with a number of people in person across…
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Belonging Matters — My Home, My Way
Home is a vital part of our lives. It not only provides us with security, privacy, comfort and control but it reflects our identity, our adulthood and our deep sense of who we are and how we connect and belong in our neighbourhood. In this two-part webinar (8 and 15 October 2024, 10am to 1pm), Belonging…
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NDIS — Annual participant survey
The annual Long Form Outcomes Framework (LFOF) survey will take place from 1 September to 16 December 2024. Every year, the NDIS conducts this survey to measure how NDIS participants and their families and carers are progressing in different areas of their lives and compares the experiences of people with disability to the experiences of people without…
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NDIS — more information explaining changes to the NDIS published
The NDIS has published a more information explaining the legislation passed on 22nd August 2024 that changes key features in the way that the National Disability Insurance Scheme will operate. The information is available from the NDIS website, click here to go directly to the page. Disability Justice Australia Inc (DJA) hopes our members and…
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Positive Powerful Parents — Melbourne Friday Friendship Self Advocacy Group Catch Up
Positive Powerful Parents is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for Parents with Intellectual Disability. On Friday 30th August from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Positive Powerful Parents is hosting a Friday Friendship Self Advocacy Group Catch Up in Melbourne (4th floor Ross House — 247 Flinders Lane). The event is free for parents…