Aim for the Sky Disability Services

23/03/2024

Life Skills Queensland

21/03/2024

21/03/2024

More than 250,000 Australians live with epilepsy, a devastating, misunderstood and often hidden condition. In Australia, access to expert care is limited and current treatment is plagued with uncertainty and delay, which results in associated costs of around $12.3b* each year.

The Australian Epilepsy Project - AEP are on a mission to change the lives of people living with epilepsy. Underpinned by a national network of specialist hubs, the AEP platform gives benefits to patients from day one by providing access to advanced diagnostics and treatment pathways that are usually only available within research.

If you are someone experiencing seizures or have been diagnosed with epilepsy, the AEP is accepting registrations of interest to join our study via the website at https://www.epilepsyproject.org.au/get-involved

21/03/2024

What is sensory processing disorder anyway?

READ MORE >>> http://www.thesensoryspectrum.com/sensory-processing-disorder-anyway/

21/03/2024

Today is World Down Syndrome Day 💗

Ben, who has Down syndrome, joined the NDIS during early trials in the Hunter region of New South Wales in 2014. This was the beginning of a more meaningful and independent life for Ben.

Ben had a desire to learn how to 'pull a beer' and with the help of his support workers, completed a Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) course and scored a job at the Happy Wombat.

Ben loves working at the Happy Wombat and thinks he now pulls a pretty good beer!

Ben’s story: https://bit.ly/4akhNtb

21/03/2024

19/03/2024

“Yesterday I went from celebrating an 11-year-old boys birthday party with my brothers and sisters at work to responding to the absolutely tragic death of two babies. This is the other side. The raw side that nobody talks about. The side everyone who isn’t in law enforcement doesn’t realize happens to us... but believe it or not, we grieve too. We are humans. You just don’t know because once we leave that terrible, heart wrenching call, we come to you and there are no tears or anger from the last call we were at. We’re just there to take care of you. I simply ‘file it away’ as I tell people that ask, ‘How do you deal with the things you’ve seen?’ This picture was taken a few hours into my shift today and you guessed it, I had to wipe those tears up and go to the next call. I wholeheartedly understand I’m not the only person affected by this, and there are so many people, family included, who this affects more than me - I understand that and I am not trying to take anything away from anyone at all. It’s simply on my heart to share this tonight. I know with what’s going on in our world right now it won’t accomplish much, but I just pray you have mercy on all of us. We are all fighting a battle that you can’t see just by looking at us. We take this uniform off every night and we crawl into bed and have to learn how to process the grief, just like any other human being. To my brothers and sisters who are battling it too, thank you for not giving up and I am always here to listen.”

Credit: Andrea Morey

12/03/2024