Camps back in full swing at Breakaway
Camp Breakaway at San Remo is going through a reset after the Covid downturn, starting with 40th anniversary celebrations, a dance night for the disabled last Friday and four camps…
Disability
People with disability urged to have COVID jab
A special call has gone out encouraging people with disability to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster dose with the state in the grip of a new wave of the…
Search for people with disability to work at The Sewing Basket
Disability services provider Achieve Australia is looking for 10 new employees with a disability to work in its social enterprise, The Sewing Basket at Kincumber. The Sewing Basket supplies a…
Disability feedback workshop to be held in Gosford
A free workshop for people with disability and their families who have a story to tell the Disability Royal Commission will be held in Gosford on Thursday, May 12. The…
Disability exclusion still commonplace says Tesch
A national plan aimed at driving action at all levels of government to improve the lives of people with disability was released on December 3 to help mark International Day…
Tesch critical of lack of action on inclusion
A national plan aimed at driving action at all levels of government to improve the lives of people with disability was released on December 3 to help mark International Day…
Reflect, think and craft a future with wings
Scott Jones of Woy Woy has encouraged fellow locals living with a disability and their families to share, learn and connect on a unique new website. The Paper Wings website,…
Great vibes from keeping goods and services flowing
Local people living with disability are continuing to keep the food and essential goods supply chains going, right here on the Central Coast at Fairhaven’s CoPack packaging facility at Tuggerah….
Government shelves plan for independent NDIS assessments
Assistant Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Carers and Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, says NDIS participants on the Coast can breathe a sigh of relief with the Federal Government…
Application period for CoastAbility Scholarship extended to May 31
Applications for the 2021-22 CoastAbility Scholarships for young people with a physical disability have been extended until Monday, May 31. Scholarships on offer include both an academic and sporting scholarship,…
Disability initiative aims for more jobs, more care
People on the Central Coast living with disability are set to receive better care and support, with organisers and providers urged to apply for support under the More Jobs More…
Chris notches up five years as a disability worker and loves it
For the past five years, Chris Crocker has been working at McDonald’s, which for him is an amazing feat. Crocker has Asperger’s syndrome, and was hired in 2016 as a…
Wheelchair accessible sensory garden at specialist disability accommodation
Compass Housing has teamed up with the Royal Botanic Gardens and Cerebral Palsy Alliance to build and plant-out a wheelchair accessible sensory garden at one of its new specialist disability…
Working with trash is treasure for Jarrad Taylor
If you want to talk trash, Lake Munmorah’s Jarrad Taylor is your man. The 18-year-old, who is on the autism spectrum, has started working as a bin puller for Cleanaway,…
Booming disability sector beckons for TAFE graduates
Umina resident Tanya Bennett is just one of the graduates from Gosford TAFE tapping into the booming disability care sector by landing jobs with the disability and aged care provider,…
Unmet demand for home-based aged and disability carers
While many Central Coast businesses fight to keep staff, Karen Barrett from the in-home care service, Trusted Home Care, is struggling to find workers.
Driverless vehicles a big opportunity for people with a disability
What might self-driving cars do for people with a disability in places like the Central Coast?
Council action plan to support people with disabilities
Central Coast Council is striving to make the region more accessible for people living with a disability by encouraging community members to join its Access and Inclusion Reference Group. The…
The struggle for disabled people to find real work
For people with a disability, the prospect of finding open, engaging employment on the Central Coast was already limited, and that was before COVID-19 brought further dislocation to the job…
Have your say on the way people living with disability are treated and supported
The Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is encouraging Central Coast residents to have their say on the way people living with disability are treated and supported under The Disability…