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The Amputation Decision Aid includes a suite of resources to support people in making the most informed health choice as well as a discussion guide for clinicians to use. [Source: Shutterstock]

New resource aims to improve the experience of people with foot amputation

Tags Conditions Therapies Health and Wellbeing Advice Research Industry Posted 1 week ago by Anna Christian

Thousands of people facing amputation could be better supported through the use of a new resource developed by experts... Read more

An Australian-led study is believed to be the first to find that preemptive intervention can have an impact on autism diagnoses. [Source: Shutterstock]

Study finds early intervention with infants can help to support neurodiversity

Tags Conditions Therapies Autism Research Early Intervention Posted 1 month ago by Anna Christian

A study led by Australian researchers has found evidence that early intervention with children before a diagnosis of... Read more

Traineeships could meet continued growth in care workforces including disability support, home and community living. [Source: Shutterstock]

Traineeships are the way of the future for the disability support workforce

Tags NDIS Therapies Education Employment Industry Government Posted 2 months ago by Anna Christian

With 83,000 more disability support workers needed over the next few years as the care and support sector becomes one of... Read more

The information about services is available in a range of languages and audio or written formats. [Source: Shutterstock]

Disability Gateway website received positively by advocacy groups

Tags NDIS Conditions Therapies Accessibility Health and Wellbeing Mental Health Employment Accommodation Transport Government Posted 2 months ago by Anna Christian

Key advocacy groups believe a website designed to provide information about support to people with disability could be a... Read more

Speech Pathology Week’s theme this year is ‘Communication is everyone’s right’. [Source: Shutterstock]

Speaking up about the right to communication this Speech Pathology Week

Tags Conditions Therapies Education Accessibility Health and Wellbeing Industry Posted 3 months ago by Anna Christian

This week the speech pathology community is raising awareness of the rights of every person to be able to communicate. Read more

Of the 27,000 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants aged 16 and over living in shared homes, less than 20% have received both doses of the COVID vaccine [Source: Shutterstock]

​Four out of five Australians with disability still without COVID-19 vaccine

Tags NDIS Conditions Therapies Accessibility Health and Wellbeing Government Royal Commission Posted 4 months ago by Jesse Neill

While much of the focus has been on whether the Federal Government will mandate vaccinations for disability support... Read more

Mandatory vaccinations for disability workers are currently in discussion following the announcement that all aged care workers will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. [Image: Shutterstock]

Advocates approach mandatory vaccinations for disability care with caution

Tags NDIS Therapies Health and Wellbeing Advice Government Posted 4 months ago by Jesse Neill

The Federal Government introduced a mandatory vaccination for aged care workers last week, however disability advocates... Read more

A parent-inclusive autism treatment is about to begin its rollout across Australia later this month [Source: Shutterstock]

Parent-inclusive autism treatment starts national rollout

Tags NDIS Conditions Therapies Autism Accessibility Research Early Intervention Posted 5 months ago by Jesse Neill

An autism spectrum disorder (ASD) treatment that addresses both child behaviour and parent wellbeing has received... Read more

The raised bumps on each LEGO® Braille Brick have been modified to correspond to a letter or character of the braille alphabet [Source: Vision Australia]

Vision Australia brings LEGO® Braille Bricks to Australia

Tags Conditions Therapies Education Posted 9 months ago

Children with low vision will now be able to enjoy the experience of LEGO® thanks to new LEGO® Braille Bricks, brought... Read more

Dog-assisted therapy uses highly trained labradors, like Grady, to help children achieve their therapy goals. [Source: Kites Children's Therapy]

Tasmanian disability provider launches State’s first dog-assisted therapy program

Tags Therapies Posted 10 months ago

Tasmanian disability provider Kites Children’s Therapy has launched the State’s first dog-assisted therapy program to... Read more

Sensory activities can benefit children with developmental disorders or disabilities such as autism in several ways. [Source: iStock]

Eight sensory Christmas crafts for kids

Tags Conditions Therapies Autism Posted 11 months ago

Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates a child's senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and... Read more

LiveBig occupational therapist Jessica Suh says she loves that OT is person-centred and holistic. [Source: LiveBig]

New educational video highlights role of occupational therapists ahead of National OT Week

Tags Conditions Therapies Industry Posted 1 year ago

A new educational video highlighting the work of occupational therapists has been released by National Disability... Read more

“There was no facial expressions. He was dribbling. He wasn’t interacting with the dogs which he normally loved. He just sat there." (Source: Disability Royal Commission)

ROYAL COMMISSION: An overuse of medications and restrictive practices

Tags NDIS Therapies User Stories Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability held hearings, running... Read more

“Our ability to communicate and be able to express our ideas and needs is the essence of what connects us to our community." (Source: iStock)

Speech Pathology Week shines a light on ‘hidden’ disability

Tags Conditions Therapies Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

Across Australia, there are 1.2 million people living with some form of communication disability, which statistics say... Read more

"Around 8,000 international students already work as aged and disability carers and allowing them to work more hours makes sense." (Source: Shutterstock)

International students to boost COVID-19 disability and health workforce

Tags Therapies Education Employment Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

Work restrictions for international students in medical courses are being eased during the COVID-19 crisis to help boost... Read more

COVID-19 and the challenges being faced by carers may impact a carers mental health. (Source: Shutterstock)

Challenges for unpaid carers during COVID-19

Tags Therapies Accessibility Mental Health Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

Being an unpaid carer is a valuable and rewarding job but it's also a tough one, with many carers juggling multiple... Read more

“Moving services online is an important way to ensure that people with disability can continue to get the essential supports they need.” (Source: Shutterstock)

The shift to online for disability services during COVID-19

Tags Therapies Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

COVID-19 measures are changing the way that service providers are delivering support to people with a disability in... Read more

Stem cells offer great promise as a potential treatment for a variety of neurological conditions. [Source: Shutterstock]

Funding announced for new pre-term stem cell research

Tags Therapies Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair

Researchers have received €9 million (AUD $14.7 million) in funding to look into preterm births and stem cell research... Read more

Elysia Connor (centre) with residents from Brightwater​ Oats Street Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre undertaking this years HBF Run For a Reason. [Source: Brightwater]

Occupational Therapy Week celebrates the hard work of OT’s

Tags Therapies Posted 2 years ago

SPONSORED STORY - For this year’s Occupational Therapy Week, running from 21 to 27 October, Perth aged care and... Read more

Sam Hensman using ALTO with Daish Malani, the Technical Director and (other) Co-founder of Add-Life Technologies [Source: Add-Life Technologies]

Virtual reality device aids stroke recovery

Tags Therapies Posted 3 years ago by Nicole Pope

A virtual reality device is helping rehabilitate people who have had a stroke with modern technology that is also able... Read more