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Sustainable energy program helps sustain respite centre
The sun is shining on Xavier Place in Brisbane where a new sustainable energy program will help secure the future of its care for children and young people with complex physical disability and related health needs. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Disability program ‘giving every child the chance to shine’
Catholic Schools Broken Bay will next year expand its inclusive education program for students with disability through the Eileen O’Connor Catholic School support classes.
Conference to examine Christian understanding of disabilityÂ
Disability advocates and Church theologians will lead a conference to rethink practical Christian understandings of disability and limitation and what they might tell us about being human. Source: ACU.
Rome Mass celebrates Jubilee of People with Disabilities
In a mix of joy, excitement and sadness, families, associations and individuals from all over the world celebrated the Jubilee of People with Disabilities with a Mass yesterday in Rome’s Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. Source: OSV News.
Rishworth says there will be no tightening of NDIS eligibility
NDIS Minister Amanda Rishworth says there will be no tightening of which disabilities are eligible for the $44 billion scheme despite the Government facing a mammoth effort to rein in costs. Source: The Australian.
Call for more political leadership and action to help disabled
Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan. Source: Canberra Times.
Labor invests $42m in nation’s first national autism strategy
Labor is investing $42 million in a nation-first plan to improve the lives of autistic Australians, with a new push to boost scientific research and give neurodiverse people more peer support. Source: The Australian.Â
Gaining job skills one cup at a time
A new social enterprise cafe in Melbourne’s east is set to help people with disability gain essential job skills training and opportunities to join the paid workforce. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Synod redefined disability in the Church
The final document of the Synod on Synodality has served as a signpost to a quiet revolution in many areas, including the Church’s attitude to disability, writes Fr Justin Glyn SJ. Source: Eureka Street.