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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 […]

To celebrate Halloween this year, we hosted a big party at our Northcote Day Service where we invited lots of clients and staff to attend. The day was filled with lots of fun costumes, spooky games, art activities and a delicious BBQ lunch. Our Able Australia team worked for weeks on the spooky decor and […]

On Wednesday 18 October, Able Australia held our Ipswich Seniors Expo at the Ipswich showgrounds. We invited Seniors and Senior service providers to the event to connect with one another, share information, participate in group activities, and also celebrate Seniors Month. Around 350 Seniors and 50 providers attended this years event. We had catering by […]

Meet Arthur! Before 2016, Arthur had a goal of becoming as independent as possible, he lived by himself and felt anxious and unsafe. In 2016, Arthur made the big decision to move into a supported home. Arthur chose an Able Australia Supported home in Tasmania to live and he hasn’t looked back. Since being supported […]

Thanks to George and Jonathon, our BBQ program continues to grow in popularity at our Day Services in Melbourne’s East. For the last three months, clients and staff at Able Australia East Day Service started a fun regular activity of visiting local parks for a BBQ lunch! Our BBQ program supports clients to keep active, […]

Able Australia’s is thrilled to announce the launch of our first research plan created by our Centre of Excellence – Deafblind team. People with deafblindness, their families, service providers and advocates took part in developing this three year plan. We look forward to working with you on research to improve services and supports with and […]

Meet Jonathon! Jonathon loves cooking. He recently made pancakes from scratch on his own for the first time. He was so proud of his delicious creation and so was Michael, his housemate, who thanked him for the pancakes. “Jonathan was so chuffed he came out immediately and told me! Huge smile on his face and […]

Able Australia’s South Tassie clients and staff recently supported and attended the Ability to Create event in Hobart. This event held from 27 to 29 July is an all-ability feast for the senses which occupies the first floor of the Hobart Town Hall. Aaron, George, Craig, Danny, Belinda, Eric, Steve and Aaron, together with Able […]

Our CEO Lynette McKeown and Meredith Prain (she/her) PhD, National Head of Centre of Excellence – Deafblind are attending the 18th Deafblind International World Conference in Ottawa, Canada! Deafblind International World Conference is a comprehensive 4-day educational program and pre event Board and Network meetings. This year’s theme is Global Connections: The Future in Our […]

We are excited to have collaborated with RMIT University’s Workforce Innovation and Development Institute and Yooralla in research to gain an understanding on the retention of new disability support workers. This applied research project investigated the experience of 50 Disability Support Workers who had worked at Able Australia and Yooralla for between 6 to 12 […]