Tag: disabilities
$2.5m makeover Sunshine special school
Ageing and unsuitable buildings at Sunshine Special Development School will soon be a thing of the past.
A classroom upgrade for the school valued at...
Coles rolls out additional-needs trolleys
Supermarket giant Coles has started rolling out special needs trolleys for children with a disability.
Based on a US model known as Caroline’s Cart, the...
Seeing eye dog carers needed
Deer Park’s Lina Xi is a kennel and breeding attendant who is currently caring for black Labrador Frankie.
Carers are needed to help socialise young...
Disability advocate named Citizen of the Year
A Keilor Downs ‘force of nature’ for people with disabilities has been awarded Brimbank’s highest honour for prolonged and outstanding community service.
Despina Havelas was...
FIDA Saints seek new players
Active Brimbank sports lovers with intellectual disabilities are knocking down barriers as the new Football Integration Development Association season approaches this April.
The St Albans...
Belated NDIS a more ‘unified system’
Brimbank residents with a disability will wait another three years for the national disability insurance scheme, but the Keilor Downs parent of a boy...
Answers expected about Brimbank NDIS cover
Thousands of Brimbank residents living with disabilities will know some time this month when the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be rolled out for...