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Meet Eric! Eric is an Able Australia client who has a real interest and flair for design. Eric’s latest creation is this amazing cardboard mock-up of a restaurant with a pool! He started his creation by firstly drawing up a number of blueprints by hand for the restaurant prior to commencing construction. Eric collaborated with […]

The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a national program funded by the Australian Government. The CVS aims to enrich the quality of life of residents of aged care homes who are socially isolated or lonely, and would benefit from a friendly visitor. The CVS also helps establish links between people living in aged care homes […]

We are excited to announce that our Northcote Day Centre is officially back open as of today (12 January)! Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we temporarily closed our state-of-the-art centre to keep our clients safe. We were able to slowly open it back up with a limited capacity. Now we are back open for our clients, […]

Meet Hana! Hana works at Able Australia as an Occupational Therapist, specialising in adaptive technology. Hana works from our new Northcote Day Centre to support our clients reach their goals with the assistance of technology that is adaptive for people with disability. We asked Hana a few questions about how it supports our clients…. What […]

In early December 2020, we delivered 48 donated craft packs to our clients living in supported homes across Victoria. Simonne and the amazing volunteer group from NextGen Philanthropy generously made packs that included different craft materials so that our clients can get creative this festive season. This amazing volunteer group also contributed to sewing protective […]

With the end of year fast approaching and as we begin to reflect on the year, we are extremely grateful for the many organisations who supports us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Logan City Council for their very generous donation of $1,000. Earlier in the month Mayor Darren Power of […]

Able Australia’s Queensland team led by Community Project Manager, Jessy Byrnes, are currently running the Seniors Road Trip to Road Safety Project. Road Safety Statistics indicate that whilst driver’s over 60 years are only 24.5% of the licenced driver’s, they are 32.6% of the drivers in fatal crashes. Able Australia have partnered with a number […]

As an Art Therapist, Victoria’s role is based around working with clients, either in a group or one-on-one setting, with art materials in a therapeutically-minded way. Victoria facilitates group art therapy sessions at our new Northcote Day Centre and is curating 2020 Able Art. Whilst we haven’t been able to run our art therapy sessions […]

Each year Able has a number of projects which our workforce are significantly devoted to. Winner of the 2019 Debbie Prior Award Leslie Barr donated her prize money of $3,000 to the Sensory Garden at the Northcote Day Centre. With the help of Allyson (Ally) (Able Australia Disability Support Worker), Les and Ally generously donated […]

During 2019, participants of the Young Adults program in Tasmania attended many interesting activity sessions at TasTAFE! Once session included using virtual 3D goggles! Clients chose what they would like to see through the goggles, such as an underwater scene where they could touch fish, poke at sea anemone and walk a seabed. Other activities […]