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Chante Masset is looking forward to the year ahead. The 20-year-old, who sustained an incomplete C5 spinal cord injury in a pool accident when she was 11, is hoping she might begin learning to drive. “Just being able to have the opportunity to have an occupational therapist (OT) teach me how to drive would have […]
Nobody thought Fernanda would get multiple sclerosis. Her friends didn’t. Her children didn’t. And certainly, Fernanda didn’t. Even her oncologist, whom she had consulted about a tumour, and who was the first to notice something odd in her movement, thought she might have been drinking. She was 39 when the diagnosis was confirmed, 15 years […]
James has been living with an SCI for many years. He has an independent outlook, and he retired recently from running his own business. Among the recreations he wants to pursue in retirement are cycling, scuba diving and travelling. Not long ago, James received his first NDIS plan, under which he engaged support coordination from […]
A while ago, I received an invitation from the Bali Sports Foundation to coach some up-and-coming teams in Asia that have taken up wheelchair rugby. Rugby has been a relatively new phenomenon in various South Asian countries. Consequently the players do not have many opportunities to develop and better their game as individuals or as […]
Everyone needs a break from the everyday routine of living with a spinal injury. That is as true for the injured person as it is for their loved ones. The therapeutic term for such a break is respite. And the concept of respite, traditionally, has been fairly narrow. Typically, when someone with a spinal injury […]
I recently ventured overseas for a family wedding to Vanuatu, where you could say, I encountered some logistical hurdles. I’ll start from the beginning… I had a 7am flight to Vanuatu with a connecting flight through to Sydney, with an expected layover of just under 2 hours. Being the intelligent readers you all are, you may […]
“Angelo sometimes says, and I agree, that we are like a married couple,” disability support worker Lisa Jamieson says of her favourite client. “Because we finish each other’s sentences. And we argue with the same sort of passion as a married couple. But then as soon as the argument is over, it is as if […]
As the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) rolls out across Victoria, more and more people need to learn and understand how this will affect them. To assist with this, AQA is providing free NDIS workshops for participants that are new to the scheme, as well as those that are about to roll over to a new plan. These […]
What is a goal? For the NDIS, it can be all sorts of things. Goals are used to describe what you want to achieve, develop or learn, and how you would best like to achieve them. For example, at your NDIS planning meeting, you could advance a goal where you wish to enhance the quality of your […]
Andrea received $6240.60 through her NDIS plan under Improved Daily Living Skills. She decided to ask two friends with NDIS funding about what they did to get the most from this. Philip, who received less funding than Andrea (names changed), said he sat down with his Support Coordinator and worked out a couple of different […]
