Author Archives: Able Australia

Creative Arts Therapy Group Program is back!

Able Australia’s Creative Arts Therapy Group program is back! Beginning 7 March 2023. Come along to our 6-week group program designed to support adults with intellectual disabilities experiencing social isolation. This program includes a range of creative arts such as movement, art, dance and sound as a vehicle to explore social connectedness, build self-confidence, promote […]

St Kilda Day Out With The Deafblind Community

Bec Swansson, Able Australia’s Deafblind Services manager, has created a 12-month Recreational Program for clients who use our deafblind services and the wider deafblind community via Deafblind Victoria. We also extended the invitation to the deaf/deafblind people who frequent Able’s Day services, as they are part of our deafblind community too. Each month, the group […]

Adventure Cruise For Our Tasmanian Clients

On 25 November, clients of our Young Adult Program in Tasmania went on a 50 minute Cataract Gorge Adventure Cruise along the Gorge and Tamar River! This experience was possible through the Brian M Davis Grant. Clients learnt the history of Launceston’s Seaport, Kings Wharf, heritage properties and the Cataract Gorge. As part of the cruise, the captain […]

We Attended the Melbourne Disability Expo

The Able team had a booth at the Melbourne Disability Expo on the 25 and 26 November 2022. The Melbourne Disability Expo links people with a disability with hundreds of product and service providers as well as presenting a range of informative and interactive presentations delivered by industry experts.   At the booth, we were […]