Our 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 29 November at our Brisbane office in Woolloongabba. As part of the event, Chairman Alan Ashford and Chief Executive Officer Michael Powell will be presenting a review of the organisation’s activities and financial results for the 12-month period ended 30 June 2018. The meeting will […]
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App partnership puts people with a disability on the right track
Spinal Life Australia has teamed up with mapping software developers Briometrix to give Australians with disabilities an opportunity to be a catalyst for change in their communities. Some of our members have volunteered to take part in a trial that sees them using a smartphone app to record the accessibility of their region. Information such […]
Phyllis shares her experiences in the lead up to World Polio Day
Phyllis McPherson-Forster has never met a wimpy polio survivor. With World Polio Day approaching on 24 October, the Brisbane vocal teacher and Spinal Life member said strength is what bonded her and her fellow polio survivors together. “You have to be tough; it comes with the territory,” she said. Phyllis was first diagnosed with the […]
Construction begins on Cairns Healthy Living Centre
Media Release issued by Federal Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch MP The construction of a new purpose-built healthy living centre in Cairns means patients with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities can stay closer to home and support networks for rehabilitation. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who turned the first sod, said the new Spinal […]
World Polio Day 2018
We will be hosting a special presentation on World Polio Day, 24 October. Join us as we present one of the world’s leading polio researchers, Dr Richard Bruno, who has been studying polio for more than 30 years. Dr Bruno will be presenting from the United States on electrodynamics in people with polio. Other topics […]
Wendy celebrates results of NDIS nursing services appeal
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 […]
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 […]