Author Archives: Able Australia

Clients with complex needs and multiple diagnoses often present with behaviour support needs, after putting themselves or others at risk of harm. We believe that these clients need a different approach in supporting them to live their best lives. Positive Behaviour Support is a well evidenced practice that has been utilised within the disability sector […]

Last year, Dr Meredith Prain and her Centre of Excellence – Deafblind team were awarded the inaugural Eddie Keir Award for their Deafblind Webinar Series. We weren’t able to present Meredith with her award at the time due to COVID restrictions. Fortunately, Di Keir, Eddie Keir’s widow and their granddaughter Marnie, were able to pay […]

Able Australia ishosting a ‘Come and Try’ Day at our Northcote Tech Hub! This is a great chance to try mainstream and assistive technologies accessible to people with deafblindness. You will have the chance to try lots of smart assistive technology such as Smart glasses Technology to assist in the kitchen Smart home technologies Community […]

Craig has been attending the Moonah Men’s Shed in Tasmania for the past 3 years. Over those 3 years, Craig has worked on lots of different projects. “I like to design my own projects and work out what materials and measurements I will need, I have used most of the tools at the men’s Shed, […]

  By Dr. Meredith Prain, National Head of Research and Centre of Excellence – Deafblind, Able Australia. One of the driving forces behind the ‘Every Australian Counts’ campaign to establish a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was the inequity of disability service provision, between States, Territories and regions. Approaching its ninth year of implementation, the NDIS […]

Able Australia Board Chair, Peter Reilly OAM announces Lynette McKeown has been appointed CEO of Able Australia. Lynette comes into this role having held a series of executive positions within Able, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Able Australia, Lynette held senior roles at Monash Health here in Australia and the National […]

Each year Able Australia hosts our annual art exhibition – Able Art. Able Art is one way that we celebrate and share the incredible talents and achievements of our clients. In last year’s exhibition, we had two masterpieces that were created in a group effort, which was so wonderful to see. Firstly, we had an […]

For Christmas last year, our Able residential support staff wanted to make sure our clients had the best Christmas possible. 2021 was such a challenging year for our clients because there was so much change and instability. It was so nice to finish the year off on a high. Eric (pictured below), who lives in […]

2021 was a challenging year for all. To celebrate the triumphs and enjoy the festive season, our Able Australia team at our Jimboomba site in Queensland went Zone Bowling! Staff and volunteers were able let off some steam and enjoy gathering together with some friendly competition. Congratulations to first place winner, Levi, followed closely by […]