by admin | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Disability and LGBTIQ advocate Jax Jacki Brown’s journey to find love has been rewarding, but not always easy. She writes about the barriers people with disability face when exploring their sexuality, and the importance of strength-based sex education. If you talk...
by admin | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Justice Helen Wood ruled the Tasmanian Government had made a legal error in granting powers to the public guardian to stop [J] from returning to his boat. The board had wrongly found that he had a disability and was unable to make reasonable judgments about his...
by admin | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In Australia, there are some 8000 lower limb amputations (LLA) performed annually. Despite a variety of targeted interventions, such as the increased availability of high-risk foot clinics and clear guidelines for their delivery, there has not been a reduction in the...
by admin | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
TAS director Bruce Frankcombe sent these shots from Maatsuyker island lighthouse where he and his wife are acting as caretakers for the next 3 months. As Bruce points out: “I definitely need a contingency plan if something goes wrong with a prosthesis in this...
by admin | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s important not to let your amputation get in the way of doing the things you want to do. Mostly you can make adaptions to enable you to participate in the activities you want to. TAS has operated A Peer Support programme since 2012. The recent acquisition of...
