We have prepared this guide to assist you with assessing whether accommodation is accessible, to help make your trip a more seamless experience. When booking accommodation, here are a few things to consider and check with the property: Accessibility Is there step-free access from the street and carpark? Will lifts accommodate my wheelchair and equipment? […]
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How can Assistive Technology make your life easier?
Assistive technology and home automation is providing a new lease on home life for many people with disability. There’s been a revolution in smart home technology over the last few years. And while it originally might have been aimed at gadget-loving technophiles, it’s proved to be truly life-changing for people with physical challenges. So what […]
6 Tips For Keeping Motivated With Your Exercise Program
Stay Dedicated To Being Motivated We asked one of our Exercise Physiologists, Ernest Starowicz, to share his expert advice about how to keep motivated when you’re getting back into exercise. From busy work schedules to lifestyle changes to injuries and long periods of illness, there are many reasons why people stop exercising. If you’re getting […]
Our Rockingham Holiday Hot Spots
The results are in from Spinal Life’s latest accessibility review: this time, it’s all about Rockingham! Accessible Rockingham Rockingham is a lovely spot about 45-minutes south of Perth. With 37 kilometres of beautiful coastline, protected bays and gorgeous beaches, it’s no wonder it’s well-known for its water activities. Recently, Spinal Life Australia received a grant […]
What is SDA Housing?
A quick look at the complicated world of specialist disability accommodation. Keep hearing about SDA, but not quite sure what it is or if it relates to you? To find out more, we spoke to Alison Kidd, a Supports Coordinator who’s worked at Spinal Life Australia for four years, and – along with the Supports […]
The Financial Benefits of Good Access
Every business owner knows the importance of good customer service for anyone who enters your business or facility, but what about the customers that don’t even make it to your front door? Consumer research reports have found people who encounter an access barrier or experience poor disability awareness at a brick-and-mortar and/or web business will simply move […]
The Impacts of Exclusion
In Australia, disability and social isolation/exclusion too commonly go hand in hand. Dr Rhonda Galbally (Chair, National People with Disabilities and Carer Council), said it best in the 2009 National Disability Strategy Consultation Report, when she wrote; “For many years people with disabilities found themselves shut in – hidden away in large institutions. Now many people […]
Why Good Access is Good for Business
Every business knows the importance of good customer service, but what about those customers that don’t or can’t even make it through your front door? ‘Good Access’ is not only good for the community, but it’s also very good for business. There are almost 4 million Australians living with one or more disabilities. This figure […]
Hello Sunshine: A guide to accessibility in the Sunshine Coast
Everybody loves a holiday or day out in Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast region. So if you’re lucky enough to visit as part of your job, you’ve really hit the jackpot. Spinal Life Australia Advocacy Officer, Lachy Chapman recently found himself in exactly that position, when he was asked to create the Sunshine Coast Accessible Tourism […]
Out of the bunker: Getting back on the green
When Russell Spencer had a spinal stroke in 2018, one of the hardest things he had to face was the idea that he might never play golf again. But, happily, the Gladstone resident is back on the green, doing what he loves most. And it’s all thanks to the NDIS – Russell’s believed to be […]
