September 26, 2009
Accessible Arts is presenting its national survey exhibition of works by emerging artists with disability from 30 October to 7 November 2009.
AART.BOXX will be opened by Christine Morrow, Coordinator, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney Union on Thursday 29 October 2009. The opening will be Auslan interpreted.
Twenty-one artists and three arts collectives will show over 40 works from a diversity of art forms. An opportunity to meet the artists in the gallery as part of Conversations with Artists will be held from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on Saturday 31 October and Thursday 5 November 2009.
Further funding received from the Australia Council for the Arts Community Partnership program has enabled the creation of employment opportunities for people with disability to work on the exhibition.
AART BOXX 09
September 11, 2009
Are you a uni student in any year of study wanting to get firmly established on the path to jobs that you really want and are qualified for?
Then here’s a date for your diary: Monday, 23 November – The University of Sydney – from 11- 2.
There’s a story around that it’s a tough job market and people with disabilities aren’t getting a look in. Well don’t buy that story – things not nearly that simple!
In fact there are employers who have appointed ‘diversity managers’ or equity staff to place people with disabilities in their organisations.
And it’s starting to work! In fact, these employers want to meet more students and graduates.
Come along on 23 November and hear about mentoring and work experience programs and the companies most likely to recruit people with disabilities. The careers and disability services at your uni will start sending more information soon.
Watch this space for more information……
September 8, 2009
A permanent physical condition that affects movement.
CP is diverse – it can be mild, such as a weakness in one hand, ranging to an almost complete lack of movement.
A child is born with CP every 18 hours, 1 in 400 births worldwide – no pre-natal testing or cure
Babies with a low birth weight or born prematurely are most at risk
CP can be diagnosed in first 12 – 18 months of life – it is most notable when a child fails to reach movement milestones
Research is vital for the ongoing management of CP
See our links section for more information
September 6, 2009
What sort of careers advice are you looking for?
How can we go about finding such advice?
Feel free to comment/ network/ add information ……
September 6, 2009
Two topics will be release per month, with information provided. Topics for September are accessible transport and careers advice.
Users are encouraged to comment, start up a discussion, add information and network with each other.
Resources will be under the pages link on the top right hand corner of the blog. Enjoy!
September 5, 2009
The ING Foundation is a long time partner of The Spastic Centre. It supports young people with cerebral palsy in a number of ways through this partnership:
1. Financial grants - ING annually supports the Conductive Education Centre, Ignition Mentoring Program and Emerge Youth Leadership Program
2. Skilled Volunteering – ING employees volunteer their time to mentor teenagers with cerebral palsy as part of the Ignition Mentoring Program and also coach young adults with cerebral palsy as part of the Emerge Youth Leadership Program. ING employees have also volunteered their skills and expertise to organise and manage a special exhibition of children’s artworks as part of National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week.
3. Volunteering- In addition to the skilled volunteering programs ING participates in with The Spastic Centre, ING employees also offer their time for one-off activities such as painting bees, Backyard Blitzs and other one-off volunteering activities.”
September 5, 2009
If always thought that it was kind of ironic that overcoming physical obstacles isn’t the hardest part of having a “physical” disability, if fact that’s the easy bit.
Instead the challenge is dealing with the mental walls the world tries to put around us and that we place upon ourselves.
For my whole life I’ve tried to use those walls as a motivational force – to challenge myself to break through them and do things that deep down the rest of the world had already decided I could never do.
I’ve learnt that the hardest part is to commit yourself to chasing your dreams. Once you do so you’re already in front of 99% of the population who are still sitting around convincing themselves its impossible. After a while achieving amazing things just becomes a habit.
Thus I’d hope everyone uses this blog to share their stories and equip each other with the information and the inspiration to get out there and ENABLE you to achieve whatever you want to.
Cain competes in Archery at both National and International tournaments including 2 Paralympic World Championships for Australia. He is currently the #1 ranked Australian on the Paralympic World Ranking for Mens Standing Recurve Archers and in 2005 was ranked 27th in the world. His home ground is Sydney Olympic Park where he will be competing in the World Masters Games in October this year.
September 5, 2009
Welcome to Enable!
Enable is an online accessible community network for adults with disabilities.
There is a lack of resources directed towards catering the needs of adults with disabilities. This blog aims to fill this gap by providing the resources you require online. Many people with disabilities are often fustrated with not having the resources available to them, because it may be inaccessible, take days to process and requires a lot of time put into the effort of finding resources that may service their needs.
Enable was born out of the Emerge programme, run by The Spastic Centre of NSW (TSCNSW) and the ING Foundation (Australia). The blogger, zrb89, is a participant in the Emerge programme.
Anyone is welcome to view to the blog, add a comment, network, start a discussion….
