Navy officers breaking ground, seeking Winter Paralympic Games selection
By Elizabeth Wright
It has been 20 years since Australia sent a biathlete to the Winter Paralympics, but two serving Navy personnel are hoping to change this.
#ParalympicGames #Sport #Biathlon #CrossCountry #PeopleWithDisability #DefenceForces #ElizabethWright
Climate crisis threatens disabled Australians' access to nature
From bushfires and decreasing air quality to flooding and erosion, climate change is threatening our relationship with nature, and people with disability are being disproportionately impacted.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/climate-crisis-access-to-nature-disability/106116294
#DisabilityAccess #ClimateChange #Hiking #Sport #BeachHolidays #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #Health
Heywire winners bring 'raw, honest storytelling' of life in the regions
Thirty-five young people have been named 2026 ABC Heywire winners for the bravery and authenticity of their life stories.
#Teenagers #CommunityandSociety #RegionalCommunities #Racism #PeopleWithDisability #GenderIdentity #CulturalIdentity
Jael is Deaf and blind. Here's how she goes about her day
By Evan Young, Nas Campanella, and Danielle Bonica
Living with vision impairment throws up many challenges. Being Deaf on top of that requires you to go to even greater lengths just to fit in with the modern world. This is how one Deafblind woman does it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-07/a-deafblind-day-in-the-life/105789718
#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #EvanYoung #NasCampanella # #DanielleBonica
ABC News: Deaf residents in aged care left without basic support services https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-06/deaf-seniors-falling-through-aged-care-cracks/106084008 #PeopleWithDisability #DisabilityAccess #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #AgedCare #Disability #Discrimination #AusPol
Deaf residents in aged care left without basic support services
By Adelaide Miller
One Deaf woman living with dementia has been without basic care services for two years. Advocates warn her story represents a much larger problem.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-06/deaf-seniors-falling-through-aged-care-cracks/106084008
#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #AgedCare #PeopleWithDisability #DisabilityAccess #AdelaideMiller
Runner wept when police returned stolen specialised gear
By Charlotte Wilkes
When Mick Marshall's car was stolen, he was more concerned about what was inside the vehicle than the car itself, and the training he would likely miss.
This 18-year-old is the first badged netball umpire in a wheelchair
By Alice Walker
Brodie Taylor has changed the game of netball by overturning disability preconceptions to become the first person in a wheelchair to attain national netball umpiring accreditation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/brodie-taylor-wheelchair-umpire-netball/106055516
#Netball #PeopleWithDisability #Sport #RegionalCommunities #AliceWalker
Living with ADHD can feel like fighting your own brain. Here's how I manage it
By Mark du Potiers
International Day of People with Disability scholar Mark du Potiers shares how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder impacts him day-to-day and what he does to make life more manageable.
People with disability 'blossom like a flower' on community radio
By Elsie Lange
A community radio station in Alice Springs is becoming a breeding ground for new, diverse voices by giving people with disability a platform to broadcast.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/community-radio-platforming-diverse-voices/106089034
Parents question post-operative care after son's sudden death
By Nadia Mitsopoulos, Alicia Hanson , and Emma Wynne
The parents of a young man with a neuromuscular disease who died seven days after spinal surgery say they have serious concerns about the post-operative care he was provided at Royal Perth Hospital.
#HealthcareFacilities #PeopleWithDisability #DiseasesandDisorders #NadiaMitsopoulos #AliciaHanson # #EmmaWynne
Smiling in class. Exhausted at home: Why autistic teens struggle in sport
By Daniel Miles
Hayley masks their struggles so well in dance class that teachers can't tell. But when they get home, they collapse — sometimes missing days of school.
#DisabilityAccess #PeopleWithDisability #Dance #Sport #ScientificResearch #AutismSpectrumDisorder #DanielMiles
Deaf man 'gutted and sick' after NDIS slashes interpreter funding https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/ndis-cuts-deaf-mans-auslan-funding/106051024 #PeopleWithDisability #GovernmentPolicy #Disabilities #NDIS #Disability #Discrimination #AusPol
How music venues and stages are becoming more accessible for people with disability
By Georgia Scott
Going to a concert can be hard for people with disability. But sensory concerts and bringing lived experience on stage can open up this world for everyone.
'I never wanted speech therapy': Deaf man incensed by NDIS recommendation
By Mary Lloyd and Nas Campanella
Disability advocates say cuts to Deaf participants' NDIS funding is a "systemic" problem that reflects a belief that Deafness can be "fixed".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/ndis-cuts-deaf-mans-auslan-funding/106051024
#PeopleWithDisability #GovernmentPolicy #Disabilities #MaryLloyd #NasCampanella
Terminated Bedford staff in limbo, with millions owed in entitlements
By Angelique Donnellan
Former Bedford staff have said they are owed millions of dollars in entitlements after they were made redundant when the disability employment provider entered voluntary administration earlier this year.
#Disabilities #Work #PeopleWithDisability #Unions #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AngeliqueDonnellan
Golf and disability communities to come together in 'world-first' tournament
By Sarah Richards
People with intellectual disabilities will have roles in planning, promoting, preparing, and supporting professionals at a charity golf tournament that is the first of its kind.
What Amy and Estella want you to know about living with disability
By Dianne King
Nineteen-year-old Estella Jones lives with a disability in her hometown of Tennant Creek, where she loves baking brownies, singing karaoke and spending time with good friends.
#PeopleWithDisability #Zimbabwe
“There is limited access to emergency services and inadequate infrastructure,” he says, adding that even shelters designed for disaster response are often inaccessible. The consequences, he notes, are dire
https://www.observer24.com.na/disability-advocate-challenges-climate-bill/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Bedford supplier says he has not 'received a cent' of $60,000 owed
By Josephine Lim
Creditors of disability employer Bedford are concerned they will not see money repaid, as the company prepares for sale to secure its future.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-19/bedford-creditors-facing-repayment-uncertainty/105995208
