Author Archives: Able Australia

Meet Mark and Daniel! Daniel is Mark’s Disability Support Worker. Daniel has played music for a long time, and after supporting Mark for a few months and getting to know him, he realised Mark had an interest in music too – specifically Elvis music. Daniel and the team got Mark a Karaoke machine soon after. […]

To help spread the festive joy this Christmas, we asked our Able Australia donors to donate towards purchasing Christmas presents and hosting festive celebrations for our clients across Australia. Below are some beautiful photos of our clients Pete and Michael with Able staff Samuel, Michael, Craig, Drew, Michael, Cathy opening up their presents on Christmas […]

Recently Lydia, supported by Able Australia Disability Support Worker, Christine, went to the Australian Open! Lydia and Christine had a blast exploring the and watching tennis players Maria Timofeeva from Russia and Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark battle it out live on the John Cain Arena. Image Description: from left to right, an image of Lydia […]

Meet Leila! Leila loves to dance. Especially to songs from her favourite Band, the Spice Girls. “The Spice Girls are my passion. I love dancing to The Spice Girls” says Leila. Leila also loves swimming, going shopping and to Zumba classes with her Able Australia support staff. Leila lives in her Able Australia supported home […]

On Christmas night, a severe storm in South East Queensland tore through the area, leading to a power outage at Able’s Jimboomba site. On Boxing Day, Victoria Barrett (Able’s Logan River Valley/South Coast Team Leader) visited the Jimboomba site to inspect damage and had to transfer all the Meals on Wheels food product into our chest freezers […]

Recently we held our Deafblind Services (DBS) annual team day. The morning was spent focusing on best practice in tactile communication with presentations from Deafblind presenters, Heather Lawson, Gina Pontelandolfo and Monash University researchers who have partnered with our Centre of Excellence – Deafblind (CoE – DB) to research best practice in tactile communication. The […]

Last week, we were excited to open our new Hub in Launceston! Along with clients, families and staff, we were joined by Mayor Matthew Garwood – City of Launceston and Amanda Duigan Senior Advisor in the Minister for Disability, Tasmania to mark the occasion. To celebrate we held Able Art at our new hub! All […]

Meet Leanne! Leanne lives in an Able Australia supported home in the ACT. Leanne is very friendly and loves to chat to everyone she meets. She particularly loves going out for coffee or dinner with her housemates and Able support staff. Leanne also enjoys going to the movies and socialising with her friends and family […]

We had such a great time at our recent Able Art opening event on Friday 1 December 2023! Able Australia clients, staff and the public were invited to attend. Able Art showcases the incredible creative talents of our clients living with disability. Many of these art pieces on show were created in Able Australia Art […]

Our Deafblind Recreation group recently visited The State Library.! The State Library organised a tour and brought out rare books that were 600 years old for the group to touch and feel. They were also a special tour in the mirror exhibition. The tour guide was one of the artists in the exhibition. The group […]