Tag: Disability
Broken Bay launches new disability education model
Catholic Schools Broken Bay has launched a $65 million project to cater to students with a disability from Kindergarten to Year 12 with a new school campus and network of support classes.
Teen with disability touches politician’s hearts
A 16-year-old teenager who appealed to Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition Leader Chris Minns to do more for people with hidden disabilities, says he...
A Church for everyone in the family
Parents with children who have a disability can feel as if they are distractions at Mass and in parish life rather than full members....
Woman’s $100,000 donation helps people with disability “live their best lives”
Crowdfunding campaign helps complete two new homes for women with intellectual disability in Sydney.
Monica Doumit: When ‘medicine’ targets the child
“It’s not good news. Your baby has Down syndrome… and I’ve scheduled a termination for tomorrow.”
Zoey was at work and her doctor phoned with...
Tomo’s in training for Centacare
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks … just don’t tell Tomo Vukovich.
The 79-year-old is not only training for the first...
Why not change the Olympics?
I have a confession to make. I didn’t watch one second of the Tokyo Olympics, even during lockdown. Apart from watching the big NRL...
Breakthrough disability housing makes life much better for sisters
Melissa and Carmel Robinson are not only sisters but best friends but now housemates.
Monica Doumit: Some unborn are deemed less equal
Report reveals appalling attitudes remain around disability
On Sunday, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability handed down its...
Snapshot reveals cracks in disability support
Reports to NSW hotline reveal extent of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
A marriage made in heaven
After an amazing grace the Elardes live with feet firmly on the ground
Ask Sydney couple Paul and Juliana Elarde how they first met and...
Monica Doumit: Culture of death is alive and well
God help those with disabilities in our health care system
Toni Mitchell is a single mother, living in Queensland.
Pregnant with her second child, she went...
