ParaQuad Association of Tasmania Inc.

05/11/2025

Disability Voices Tasmania is excited to launch Phase 1 of our Capacity Building for Advocacy Project, and we would love your support in spreading the word.
Workshop Details:
• Topic: Understanding the Disability Landscape
• Date: Friday, 28 November 2025
• Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• Format: Hybrid (In-person at Hobart City Library Meeting Room, Murray Street & via Zoom)
• Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/J5jR6RkKHp
This workshop is designed to empower people with disability through knowledge, collaboration, and practical advocacy tools. It’s fully accessible and will address key issues such as access, inclusion, and systemic barriers.
We would greatly appreciate it if you could:
• Share the attached flyer with your networks.
• Promote the event on your social media channels or newsletters.
• Encourage your members to attend and have their voices heard.
Your support will help ensure that this initiative reaches as many people as possible and creates meaningful change for our community.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact us at office@disabilityvoicestas.org.au or call +61 3 6215 6800.
Thank you for helping us make Tasmania more inclusive and equitable.

05/11/2025

Get involved in shaping the future of Spinal Cord Injury Research!

The Spinal Research Institute's recent report found that only 4.6% of SCI research in Australia included people with lived experience in co-designing or delivering research.

A Consumer Engagement Program has been created & they are looking for people with lived experience of spinal cord injury who want to:
✅ Learn more about research and how it works
✅ Take part in studies or clinical trials
✅ Share their insights to help shape future research

Your experience matters — and your time will be valued and remunerated.

👉 If you’re interested in getting involved & improving the outcomes for people with SCI across Australia, please click here - https://www.thesri.org/consumer-engagement/

04/11/2025

MOVE • CONNECT • THRIVE

📅 Tuesday 18 November | 🕙 10am–2pm
📍 The Tramsheds, 4 Invermay Rd, Launceston
Join ParaQuad Tasmania and for a day designed to inform, empower and connect people with spinal cord injury, physical disability, and their support networks.
✨ MOVE – Discover adaptive ways to stay active and boost wellbeing with Keynote Speaker Paul Pritchard and Physio Daniel Justice (In-Balance)
✨ CONNECT – Build your network, share experiences, and explore career or study options with UTAS, TasTAFE and WISE
✨ THRIVE – Learn tools for resilience, mental health and living your best life with Reclink Tas, NIB Thrive, and ParaQuad's Katherine Reed on Parenting with Disability

RSVP now: bit.ly/4mtN96m

04/11/2025

Call for Artists – “Living My Best Life” Art Exhibition

The Disability Commissioner Tasmania invites Tasmanians with disability to take part in an art exhibition celebrating International Day of People with Disability and Human Rights Day.

Theme: “What living my best life means to me”
Artists of all ages and experiences are welcome to submit artworks in any medium — painting, sculpture, digital media, sound, writing, and more. Existing or new works accepted, and entry is free.

Exhibition details:
🗓 10–11 December 2025
📍 Moonah Arts Centre, 23–27 Albert Rd, Moonah
🕙 Wed 10am–5pm | Thu 10am–4:30pm
🎉 Official opening: 11am, Wed 10 Dec
🌐 Online gallery available from 5 Dec 2025

Transportation for selected artworks will be covered.

Expressions of Interest close: 11:59pm, Sunday 23 November 2025
More info and forms: Living My Best Life Art Exhibition | Disability Commissioner Tasmania

For more information: 📞 03 6270 5500 | ✉️ contact@disabilitycommissioner.tas.gov.au

30/10/2025

A great turnout at our first Monthly Social in Launceston today, held in collaboration with the Launceston Wheelies at Grain of the Silos.
We had 13 in attendance, and it was fantastic to connect with so many awesome people. The group, enjoyed chatting all things lived experience as wheelies, sharing stories, ideas, and support. A big thank you to Victoria Wardlaw, Katherine Reed and the Launceston Wheelies for their support in making it such a success. See you all next month!

29/10/2025

Would you like to know more about how to give CPR to someone in a wheelchair?

ParaQuad Tasmania is excited to collaborate with Elisha Deegan, PhD candidate at Western Sydney University, who is leading a project exploring CPR and Basic Life Support (BLS) for wheelchair users.

We’ll be hosting training sessions at the Glen Moore Units on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November — and we’d love our community to be part of it!
Sessions are free and limited to 5 participants per session, so don’t miss out.

This is a fantastic chance to support inclusive emergency response education that recognises the needs of people with physical disability and spinal cord injury.

📧 To register or find out more, email Elisha Deegan at 22061159@student.westernsydney.edu.au
📄 See flyer for full details

Together, we can help create a safer, more inclusive community.

26/10/2025

Women in sport: apply now to supercharge your career with WLIS
Women who work in sport and are looking to boost their careers can now apply for a share of $200,000 in grants through the ASC WLIS program.

Women who work in sport and are looking to boost their careers can now apply for a share of $200,000 in grants through the ASC WLIS program.

22/10/2025

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21/10/2025

21/10/2025

Gordon from Tas Adventure at our Wheelie Wellness workshop today. What a great line up of speakers!

21/10/2025

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Congratulations to all those who made the Tassie Team in the 2025 Wheelchair AFL National Championships. Extra congratulations to ParaQuad Tasmania staff and volunteers, Brodie Tinning, Josh Christian, Trent Johnson.

Tassie’s Wheelchair squad is locked in and ready to go one better at AFL Open 2025 🙌

The tournament kicks off next Monday October 27 at La Trobe University, Bundoora.

Find out more: https://play.afl/play/local-footy/disability-inclusion/national-events