Good News Stories
Anthea bowls, bakes, and belts out tunes at a local nursing home
Anthea lives a happy, busy and fulfilling life, with the 40-year-old bowling, baking and belting out tunes at a local nursing home on any given day. The Gold Coast local, who lives with her retired pa ...
Matthew achieves his social, educational and employment goals with the right supports
Having faced many challenges throughout his life, Matthew is now striving ahead, holding down a job and helping others. He aims to inspire others, encouraging them to not lose hope and to seek help to ...
Sporty Sam calls for NRL to start adult all abilities teams
Sam is happiest when he’s playing sport. Whether it’s touch footy, rugby, AFL, skiing or taking part in triathlons, the 19-year-old has done it all. “I think there are lots of places to give sports a ...
Krish’s important message for people from multicultural communities
*This article talks about suicide and depressive thoughts. Krish is working to overcome the stigma of living with a disability as a person from a multicultural background. The 39-year-old Gladstone re ...
Empowering others through her lived experience
As a lived experience counsellor and the owner of a fledgling private practice, Ipswich local Meg understands the path in life doesn’t always run straight. Meg, who has a disability and chronic health ...
Building strong multicultural connections
Working with people and families with disability from multicultural backgrounds remains one of the focus areas for our local area coordination partner in the community program. Through collaboration ...
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Our Rainbow Connection Changing Lives
In the twelve months since launching our dedicated email channel for LGBTQIA+ participants and carers, Carers Queensland has seen an increase in people from those communities being able to access NDIS ...
Aspiring dancer thrives with Community Connections
With a passion for dance and a smile that lights up the room, Dakota is one determined young lady. With the support from an occupational therapist, a psychologist, and a speech therapist, all funded t ...
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Heather devotes her life to helping others as a reverend and author
Heather has devoted her life to helping others, firstly as a librarian and later as a chaplain for people with intellectual disabilities and those in palliative care. More recently the 69-year-old Tho ...
Central Queensland mum urges families to open themselves to learning journey
Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her late 20s came as a shock to Central Queensland local Shae, who has two daughters, one who also lives with a disability. The 34-year-old said she suffere ...