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Blind athletes show 'courage and resilience' in Ironman triathalon
By Emma Siossian, Wiriya Sati, and Meredith Kirton

Vision-impaired athlete Timothy Green will race in Sunday's Ironman Australia triathlon. He says Ironman has been "life-changing" and he wants to inspire his young, vision-impaired son.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/vision-impaired-athletes-tackle-ironman-australia/105233296

#HumanInterest #Sport #Triathlon #PeopleWithDisability #EmmaSiossian #WiriyaSati # #MeredithKirton

Blind athletes show 'courage and resilience' in Ironman triathalon
By Emma Siossian, Wiriya Sati, and Meredith Kirton

Vision-impaired athlete Timothy Green will race in Sunday's Ironman Australia triathlon. He says Ironman has been "life-changing" and he wants to inspire his young, vision-impaired son.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/vision-impaired-athletes-tackle-ironman-australia/105233296

#HumanInterest #Sport #Triathlon #PeopleWithDisability #EmmaSiossian #WiriyaSati # #MeredithKirton

Blind athletes show 'courage and resilience' in Ironman triathalon
By Emma Siossian, Wiriya Sati, and Meredith Kirton

Vision-impaired athlete Timothy Green will race in Sunday's Ironman Australia triathlon. He says Ironman has been "life-changing" and he wants to inspire his young, vision-impaired son.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/vision-impaired-athletes-tackle-ironman-australia/105233296

#HumanInterest #Sport #Triathlon #PeopleWithDisability #EmmaSiossian #WiriyaSati # #MeredithKirton

How these disabled women are changing the face of mainstream sport
By Elizabeth Wright

Telaya Blacksmith is facing a crossroads, to continue her Paralympic journey, or pursue Aussie Rules — she is one of several disabled women building a name in mainstream sport.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/disabled-women-athletes-changing-the-face-of-sport/105215476

#ParalympicGames #Sport #Soccer #Women #PeopleWithDisability #Surfing #ElizabethWright

Disability community asks to co-design 'isolating' social media ban
By Danielle Kutchel

Advocates say social media is a "lifeline" for young people with disability, so they should be part of designing and testing elements of the federal government's ban.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/disability-community-scared-of-isolating-social-media-ban/105186594

#SocialMedia #PeopleWithDisability #InternetCulture #FederalGovernment #DanielleKutchel

Defeated by a lack of representation, some women are tuning out of politics
By Gemma Ferguson and Shari Hams

Researchers say women are feeling under represented in politics and struggle to speak up about the issues that matter to them.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/election-women-voters-cost-of-living-housing-health-environment/105188210

#Women #CostofLiving #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #Voting #WomensHealth #ParentingBabies #ChildCare #MentalHealth #PeopleWithDisability #PublicHealth #ExtremeWeatherEvents #EnvironmentalPolicy #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #EducationalResources #PoliticalCampaigns #PoliticalCandidates #GenderEquality #AustralianFederalElections #PersonalFinance #PregnancyandChildbirth #GemmaFerguson #ShariHams

Former rugby player walks the field after tackle left him quadriplegic
By Lani Oataway

Andrew Regan has returned to the scene of his catastrophic injury to reclaim the day that changed the course of his life.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-24/former-rugby-union-player-walks-after-tackle-quadriplegic/105200436

#Sportsinjuries #RugbyUnion #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Sport #LaniOataway

Former rugby player walks the field after tackle left him quadriplegic
By Lani Oataway

Andrew Regan has returned to the scene of his catastrophic injury to reclaim the day that changed the course of his life.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-24/former-rugby-union-player-walks-after-tackle-quadriplegic/105200436

#Sportsinjuries #RugbyUnion #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #LaniOataway

Calls for culturally safe disability care in Western Australia's far north
By Dunja Karagic and Rosanne Maloney

More than a year since a major report found the lack of culturally safe and accessible care for First Nations people with disability to be a "time-sensitive national crisis", disability workers in WA's far north are still calling for action.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/culturally-safe-disability-care-in-wa-far-north/105138526

#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #IndigenousAustralians #Health #DunjaKaragic #RosanneMaloney

Three big disability issues the next government needs to address
By Evan Young and Nas Campanella

On the eve of a new parliament, these are three areas disability advocates want addressed, write Evan Young and Nas Campanella.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/federal-election-2025-disability-issues/105165312

#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #AustralianFederalElections #FederalGovernment #EvanYoung #NasCampanella

When Stacey started dating Steve, she let go of her preconceptions https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/finding-love-amid-challenges-of-dating-with-a-disability/104946286 #PeopleWithDisability #HumanInterest #Disability #Dating via ABC News

There's another problem facing the NDIS — and it's not about the money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/budget-2025-shows-ndis-has-a-pr-problem/105095724 #PeopleWithDisability #SocialPolicy #HealthPolicy #Disabilities #Economy #Budget #NDIS #Disability

Media coverage denies people with disability access to climate news -2

Access to climate change news is a challenge to persons with disabilities in Tanzania attributed to the absence of guidelines on climate adaptation, action and mitigation that specifically target this group of the society

https://www.ippmedia.com/the-guardian/business/read/media-coverage-denies-people-with-disability-access-to-climate-news-2-2025-03-25-121813

#Tanzania #PeopleWithDisability #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #environment #climate