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Recently, our Tasmanian clients enjoyed a pottery class as part of our Health and Wellbeing program!   The below video shares the fun experience we had at Paint The Town Red Launceston where we learnt how to work with clay and make awesome pottery pieces!   This was made possible with the support of the […]

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 […]

During the festive period, our Queensland team hosted many Christmas parties for our senior clients who are a part of our Active Living Program for Seniors (ALPS). This program offers seniors in the South East Queensland community a number of free interactive workshops, activities and events to help reduce social isolation and improve the health […]

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 […]

Our Queensland team have been very busy hosting fun Christmas parties for our clients of our Active Living Program for Seniors (ALPS)! We’ve hosted Christmas parties in Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset Region over the last month, giving our senior clients the opportunity to come together and socialise over a meal and festive […]

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 […]