Author Archives: Able Australia

On 27 April, participants of our Deafblind Recreation Program, along with their supports went to the Collingwood Children’s Farm! Able Australia’s Deafblind Rec Program is a 12-month 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 […]

National Volunteer Week is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers and will be held on 15 – 21 May 2023. National Volunteer Week 2023 is a celebration of our power to drive change and ensure volunteering is inclusive of all members of the Australian community. To say thank you, we took our amazing volunteers in South […]

On 11 May 2023, Able Australia had the pleasure of inviting Herbert Smith Freehills staff to experience art with a new perspective at their lunch event. We had four interactive stands on offer for Herbert Smith Freehills staff to engage in. Able’s Creative Art Therapist, Helena, held a stand all about how movement and dance […]

Joe Monteleone, Able Australia client and accomplished artist created this magnificent linocut artwork of Flinders Street Station. Joe is deafblind, and has Ushers Syndrome type 1. During the day Joe experiences tunnel vision, and at night, he has no vision at all. Joe does not let that stop him from achieving his life goals and […]

Many of Able Australia’s clients have goals of becoming more independent. At Able, we are here to support our clients to reach their personal goals. One way that our clients are achieving this specific goal is by using community request cards. Our Able staff created these cards for our clients who do not communicate vocally. […]

With the support of the Brian M. Davis Grant, our Tasmanian clients enjoyed a cultural cooking program. They explored different cultures with cooking classes including safe food handling, and learned the local customs and traditions. This video shares the recipes and experience from our Cuban cooking day!

On 17 March, Able Australia client, Jonathon reached one of his biggest goals – seeing a film at the cinema. Jonathon attends our Able East Day Service in Melbourne. “Today was a very special day working with Jonathan –  it was a day that we achieved a massive goal” says Ben, Jonathan’s Able Disability Support […]

On March 28, we held our second ‘come and try day’ for people with deafblindness and their support networks to come and try different technologies. The event was held at our Northcote Day Service in our Tech Room. We had a broad range of high and low technology devices for people to try, including smart […]

Able Australia’s Day Service in Camberwell successfully hosted a record-breaking crowd at our St Patrick’s Day event. Clients from our Day Centres and Able supported homes were invited, along with their families and staff. This all-day event featured many fun activities for our clients to get involved in, such as a potato-on-spoon race, St Paddy’s […]