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Audit 2020
We are preparing for an audit of our services – we have recorded a webinar we provided to our Office Staff on the 15th and 16th of September. If you would like to know more about the requirements of the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Standards and what we have in place to ensure our audit runs smoothly – please check out our Training Portal. You’ll receive a certificate of recognition for viewing this video, and we think you might learn more about the standards and what the aim to achieve too.
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- 'My parents have just gifted me the only present any six-year-old girl ever wants' October 20, 2020Posted October 20, 2020 10:29:06 | Updated October 20, 2020 15:17:52 Tomorrow marks 20 years since the Sydney Paralympic Games, but for a young girl living with cerebral palsy, the date signified a milestone in how people view disability. Topics: disabilities, sport, paralympics, people, cerebral-palsy, newcastle-2300, sydney-2000 (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- A Paralympic friend who looked like me October 20, 2020Posted October 20, 2020 10:29:06It's twenty years this week since the Sydney Paralympic Games, but for a young girl living with cerebral palsy the date signified a milestone in how people view disability. Topics: disabilities, paralympics, people, cerebral-palsy, newcastle-2300, sydney-2000 (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- 'We were athletes first': How the Sydney Paralympics changed perceptions of disability October 18, 2020Posted October 18, 2020 07:30:30They are among the nation's most dominant sporting performances, but those who competed at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics reveal how much more was achieved. Topics: disabilities, paralympics, olympics-summer, basketball, swimming, homebush-2140, sydney-2000, blacktown-2148 (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Julia Hales lives with Down syndrome and is hosting a documentary that raises questions about her very existence. Here's why October 18, 2020Posted October 18, 2020 07:59:19 | Updated October 18, 2020 12:55:22 Actor Julia Hales is the ABC's first TV host who has Down syndrome and in a documentary on ABC TV she explores the issue of prenatal testing. Topics: abc, television-broadcasting, disabilities, health, journalism, information-and-communication, pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, sydney-2000, nsw, wa, perth-6000 (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Bluetooth surfboard helps Beau catch a wave, but beach access can still be an issue October 18, 2020Posted October 18, 2020 08:25:44 | Updated October 18, 2020 08:26:55 After an accident on the football field eight years ago left Beau Vernon paralysed from the chest down, he had to find a new way of getting out on the waves. Topics: disabilities, surfing, national-parks, san-remo-3925, leongatha-3953, sale-3850 (Feed generated with FetchRSS)