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Accessibility Tools

Image of a Houseboat on the water viewed from side on.

With Summer holidays approaching, and the hope of lazy days ahead, IDEAS has compiled a list of 6 Houseboats with accessibility features. We hope that you can while-away some time messing about in boats and simply enjoying some downtime.

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The Aged Care Royal Commission Interim report was published on Thursday 31 October 2019. In the opening statement the Commission has "found the aged care system fails to meet the needs of its older, vulnerable citizens. It does not deliver uniformly safe and quality care, is unkind and uncaring towards older people and, in too many instances, it neglects them."

Image of three senior ladies. One is holding a phone and they are all smiling for a selfie photo

Visit England and Visit Scotland together this October launched a Business Support Guide titled “Dementia-Friendly Tourism.” In partnership with Alzheimers Society England’s Inclusive Tourism Action Group.

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Whether it’s shopping, having a meal, going to a movie or getting the car checked, there are many special offers available with both the Seniors Card and the Senior Savers Card. Every citizen who is 60+ years of age and a permanent resident of NSW is eligible for one of the two cards offered by the program.

A photograph of a beach pathway with accessible matting. In the background is a blue sky with clouds.

To enhance the beach-going experience for people with disability, beach wheelchairs are now available at a number of new locations. They provide and improve access to the beach and ocean, with both children and adult-sized options to allow children, in particular, to have access to and be included in a range of activities such as playing in the waves and exploring rock formations usually found at the ends of a beach.

Image of hand holding black chess piece (King) with a row of white chess pieces (pawns)

The Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency announced on Thursday 17 October, that Mr Martin Hoffman has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the NDIA. Mr Hoffman will take up his three-year appointment on 4 November 2019.

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Being verbally abused by random strangers in car parks shouldn't be a thing people with disabilities should have to deal with daily. But it is. 

A man cleaning a gutter

The AIDER Program (Assistance for Infirm, Disabled and Elderly Residents) is offered by the NSW Rural Fire Service and is a one-off free service to reduce bush fire hazards.

Disability Toilet Sign

Travelling when you have a disability can be stressful not knowing how often you will come across an accessible toilet can make getting out and about tough.

An image of a portion of a world globe showing a map of Australia in Pink

As Dorothea McKellar wrote in her poem titled "My Country" Australia is a land of diversity, from the jewel tones of the Great Barrier Reef, to the wide brown vastness of the Australian Outback, IDEAS has compiled some information on accessibility at 5 of our most iconic features.