Spinal Life Australia member Wendy Adams has become one of the first Australians to have nursing services funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Toowoomba resident hopes she’s also not the last. Ms Adams was previously receiving funding for nursing services under her Your Life Your Choice plan and learned that her funding […]
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Advocacy Charter guides our activities
As part of Disability Action Week (9-15 September), we’re launching our new Advocacy Charter, which will focus our efforts now and into the future. The Charter details the principles that drive us, as an advocate for people with spinal cord damage and the wider disability community. We have also identified our key priorities over the […]
Peter helps guide patients in life after spinal injury
Peter Harre calls it the “lightbulb moment” and says it’s the best part of his job. It’s the moment where someone with a newly acquired spinal cord injury realises their injury may present a lifetime of challenges, but it’s still a life worth living. Mr Harre is a member and founder of Spinal Life Australia’s […]
Spinal Life host member lunches for awareness and action weeks
We will be hosting several member lunches across Queensland and Western Australia for Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week (3 to 9 September) and Disability Action Week (9 to 15 September). At some of these events, our staff will provide updates on the organisations’s new Advocacy Charter, Position Statements and strategic direction. For more information about […]
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week highlights ability, not disability
Today marks the start of Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week, which aims to raise awareness of the thousands of Australians with a spinal cord injury and the challenges they face, and conquer, each day. The national initiative, which will run from 3 to 9 September, was created by the Australian Spinal Injury Alliance to challenge […]
Introducing our new Strategic Roadmap
Throughout the past year, our Board has focused on reviewing and clearly defining Spinal Life Australia’s purpose and key goals, to guide our activities now and into the future. This project was particularly timely given the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which has created significant changes for the organisation and the wider […]
Father and daughter team set their sights on the finish line
Some father and daughters bond with chats over coffee; Paul and Jess Hewish run marathons. The father-and-daughter team are set to take on the Bridge to Brisbane 10km challenge for the sixth time, only this year they’re doing it for a good cause. The pair have joined the Spinal Life Australia team to help the […]
Images of Bundaberg’s sister city auctioned for Spinal Life
Spinal Life Australia has received nearly $1200 to help the organisation support Bundaberg residents with spinal cord damage or related physical disability after a recent charity auction held through Bundaberg Regional Gallery. Stunning photographs of Bundaberg’s sister city Nanning, China, provided by the Guangxi Women Photographers Association, were auctioned off with a total of $1,184 […]
Tony’s NDIS win leads the way for others with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis
Tony Puhakka will be one of the first Australians to receive funding for air conditioning through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) after the results of a recent appeal. The Toowoomba Spinal Life member has a spinal cord injury which makes it difficult for him to regulate his body temperature, leaving him susceptible to potentially […]
Spinal Life calls for disability representation on pharmacy inquiry
Spinal Life Australia has recommended the establishment of a Queensland pharmacy council with adequate disability representation and new regulations for pharmacies in a recent submission to Queensland Parliament. The recommendations were sent in response to the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Committee’s Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and […]