Disabilities

Despite assistance dog Max wearing a vest and Garth Murray carrying his accreditation, they still faced illegal discrimination on a round-Australia charity walk, with one publican even calling the police on them.

After breaking her back at 19 Katherine's community made sure she knew how special she was. Wheelchair basketball brought her back to earth and made her life "truly amazing".  

Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are embedded in modern life, with some Australians using them to help work through PTSD and toxic work environments.

Bruce Drabsch's daughter Melinda Dagger, who was travelling to hospital to be with her ailing father, was phoned by a doctor and asked to inform her mother her husband of more than six decades had died, because no Auslan interpreter was provided.

Teens with disabilities say they might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.

A Perth man's wait for surgery to treat painful pressure sores exposes delays and specialist shortages in Western Australia's spinal care system.

More than 20 regional NDIS clients have gone on to get their L-plates since completing a course with a unique driving simulator.

Joshua's "passion project" with a radio scanner led to one of WA's most significant public health data breaches. His story highlights the challenges confronting autistic people caught up in the legal system.

Mitch McKenny is unlikely to run again after spending four weeks running from Broken Hill to Newcastle, including the last 380 kilometres with severe pain in his hip. 

Sarah Maculans says she was refused rides by four Uber drivers within a week due to her guide dog, Sunny.

A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, inappropriately used lap belts and other mechanical restraints to stop falls and control residents' behaviour, the ABC can reveal.

A year after a controversial NDIS change, advocates are growing increasingly concerned that "counterintuitive" and "nonsensical" funding decisions are reducing participant independence.

An Australian-first pilot program gets underway in WA in the hope of not only giving the parents of children with complex needs a break, but helping them navigate the maze of different support systems. 

A Labor MP puts his party on notice after a hearing into the proposed 'Thriving Kids' autism service delivers little detail, warning that the lack of information is causing families "significant anxiety".

Australia's second-largest disability employment provider Bedford will be kept afloat by a $4.4 million federal government funding injection as it seeks a buyer for the embattled business.

Despite the government wanting its Thriving Kids program for children with "mild to moderate" developmental delay and autism to start next year, the system is yet to be designed.

The Trump administration's rhetoric only adds to the noise around autism and will make it harder for the community to feel understood and accepted.

The federal disability minister says his concerns about Australia's second-largest disability employment provider, Bedford, have grown.

David Ham says the reality of his spinal cord injury hit him when he returned home from hospital and had no-one to talk to with a similar experience.

As the Albanese government seeks to rein in the cost of the NDIS, a former Australian of the Year says money could be saved with this one shift.