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Hopkins Hour: Partnering for Excellence in Inclusive Childcare within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
Posted on Sunday 8th August 2021
Partnering for Excellence in Inclusive Childcare within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
Read MoreBIBS21 virtual – Webinar One - Bold ideas better solutions 2021
Posted on Friday 6th August 2021
The focus this year is translating bold ideas into better solutions for the wellbeing of people with complex rehabilitation needs and life-ling support needs, their families, and advocates. With the theme across all online sessions of, ‘Participation in Dignity’.
Read MorePart D: Inclusive Education with guest Gary Kerridge
Posted on Thursday 5th August 2021
Gary Kerridge has been working in the disability sector for 30 years. He has spent 14 of those years as a National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO). Recently, he was part of the NDCO leadership team that responded to the transition to online learning brought about by COVID-19 to provide support and information to disability practitioners around Australia. He is a co-author of the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) guideline “Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Online”. Find out more about ADCET and its resources here: https://www.adcet.edu.au
Read MoreBIBS21 virtual – Webinar Two - Bold ideas better solutions 2021
Posted on Thursday 5th August 2021
The focus this year is translating bold ideas into better solutions for the wellbeing of people with complex rehabilitation needs and life-ling support needs, their families, and advocates. With the theme across all online sessions of, ‘Participation in Dignity’.
Read MoreHopkins Hour: Planes, trains, and automobiles – Experiences and needs of citizens living with neurological injury
Posted on Wednesday 4th August 2021
Hopkins Hour
Read MoreRead the lasted Dignity Project Blogs - July 2021
Posted on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Read the latest Dignity Project blogs
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My Beautiful Pain: Not a Love Story by Glen Fozzard
Posted on Thursday 29th July 2021
Glen Fozzard, who served in the Australian Naval Forces as an esteemed Clearance Diver and Instructor, first experienced chronic pain in 2015 for no definitive reason. “Returning from my Senior Health and Safety FIFO role after 3 weeks in a remote mining site, I was introduced to neuropathic nerve pain, and it wasn’t a polite introduction! I was walking off the plane when I was suddenly aware (like stepping on a nail aware) of the most intense pain (like an electrified injection) in my left foot (a previous operation site). I had to stop and take my boot off as quick as I could, thinking how can an ant be in my boot since the morning and decide to bite me repeatedly after about 14 hours of travel, Remote Karratha, WA to Brisbane… Bus, two planes? AHHHH!”
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