Thanks to a generous bequest, Afford’s Penrith Supported Accommodation sites have received new coffee machines and carpet cleaners. These new additions were a welcome surprise for the clients wh[...]
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Important Information for attendees at Nepean Disability Expos
The Nepean Disability Expo is a free event created to support people living with disability to gain greater control over their lives and the services they choose. The expo enables people living with d[...]
Read moreYou’re in the driver’s seat at the Nepean Disability Expo
After last year’s success, the Nepean Disability Expo will once again come to town on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 December at Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre. This year our face-to-face expo[...]
Read moreDisability Expos Around Australia To Be Serviced By Revolutionary App For Vision Impaired Visitors
For the first time, Disability expos around the country will be totally accessible to people with vision impairment thanks to a partnership between wayfinding and navigation company BindiMaps and expo[...]
Read moreAmbassador – Graeme Innes AM
Graeme Innes AM has just been announced as the Ambassador for the Virtual Disability Expo to be held on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September. Graeme was Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissi[...]
Read moreEmbracing Life
As an avid football fan and Chelsea Football Club supporter, Lucy Strevett has big dreams to travel the world. “I want to go to Spain, Africa and to different places in England,” says Lucy[...]
Read moreVirtual is the new normal
People with Disability are embracing My Future, My Choice as a way to control how they want to live their lives now and plan for the future. Recently the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live,[...]
Read moreWhat’s it Like to Live with a Brain Injury?
So many of us take our daily routine for granted. Jumping out of bed, checking messages, getting dressed, grabbing coffee, talking and walking without thinking. It’s the nature of life that we t[...]
Read moreLiving My Way
Living My Way is a trusted, member-based not-for-profit organisation with over 25 years’ experience in supporting people with disabilities to live a self-directed life. We take an individualised[...]
Read more“It Felt Like a Godsend”
It’s 3am in the morning. My 10 year-old son wakes up and begins screaming out random words, waking up the household. He comes into my bedroom and sleeps next to myself and my husband. He continu[...]
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