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To celebrate Easter 2022, our seniors in Queensland enjoyed a lovely morning tea. The morning tea included some great music and craft activities. To keep things fun, everyone had the opportunity to make an Easter bonnet. The seniors each got their own bonnet which they could decorate with all sorts of art materials, even the […]

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 […]

Our seniors community in Queensland have been taking part in some fun and exciting programs recently. These programs are a great way for seniors to socialise, remain active and stay engaged with the local community. Cake Cuppa Connect is a fun program brought to our seniors from Karyn at Therapigs. This group provides pet therapy […]

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 […]

We are excited to announce that we will be creating our third edition of Senior Stories. Seniors Stories is a compilation of stories written by our senior clients within the Queensland Community. Telling stories is one of the most powerful means we have to influence, teach and inspire. Our stories convey culture, history and values […]