Andrew Gibson, Author at Every Australian Counts

In The Media 18 March 2015

Disability advocate Sue Salthouse named 2015 Canberra Citizen of the Year

Disability advocate Sue Salthouse hopes her Canberra Citizen of the Year award will keep a spotlight on the challenges facing people with a disability in the ACT.

In The Media 2 March 2015

Disability groups granted temporary funding reprieve

Federal government delays a 40 per cent funding cut to the disability sector amid allegations it was in breach of United Nations convention.

In The Media 26 February 2015

National Disability Insurance Scheme: citizens’ jury decides whether the billions are being well spent

Participants in trials for the National Disability Insurance Scheme have told of both frustration and fulfillment with the multi-billion dollar program which is being rolled out to 400,000 Australians.

In The Media 20 February 2015

Project Independence disability housing model under construction in Harrison

An Australian-first housing model for people with a disability will be an invaluable Christmas gift for 20 people this year if progress remains on track.

In The Media 19 February 2015

’18 and in aged care, they are too young to be forgotten’

Six thousand young Australians with disabilities are living in aged care homes because there is nowhere else they can call home and receive the care they need.

In The Media 19 February 2015

RBA to introduce tactile banknotes after 13yo blind boy Connor McLeod campaigns for change

A 13-year-old blind boy who started asking the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to print tactile banknotes more than a year ago has seen his campaign pay off.

In The Media 13 February 2015

Down syndrome actress Jamie Brewer makes fashion history

An American Horror Story actress has made history as the first person with Down syndrome to walk New York Fashion Week.

In The Media 11 February 2015

Disability groups want certainty after NDIS

Disability service providers have called on the Andrews government to ensure almost 900,000 Victorians with a disability are not left behind by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 5 February 2015

Families encouraged to seek NDIS reviews

FAMILIES who feel they have been unfairly denied access to early intervention support via the National Disability Insurance Scheme should try again, says chief executive officer David Bowen.

In The Media 5 February 2015

NDIS scheme helps to give hope

BEFORE accessing support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme, 28-year-old Hannah Potapczyk felt she had no hope, and no way of realising her dreams.

In The Media 4 February 2015

Technology the key to changing the culture of disability

Dr Mark Bagshaw insists there is nothing remarkable about a person with a disability having a successful career.

He has been countering this perception throughout his own career, which at its height had him managing a $1.2 billion international portfolio as a business executive for IBM and travelling five months of the year.

In The Media 14 January 2015

We wouldn’t accept actors blacking up, so why applaud ‘cripping up’?

Eddie Redmayne, who won a Golden Globe for playing Stephen Hawking, is the latest in a long line of non-disabled actors to portray disabled characters

In The Media 13 January 2015

TAFE NSW back-pedals over $2200 fee for disabled student

TAFE NSW has been forced to apologise to a disabled student after wrongly demanding she pay $2200 to continue a course that was previously free for those with disabilities.

In The Media 9 January 2015

NDIS expansion across Tasmania ‘could create up to 1,500 jobs’

Jobs in Tasmania’s disability sector have been forecast to increase and could even double in the next few years as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) fully rolls out.

In The Media 19 December 2014

An advocate for accessible golf

After an overseas accident left him a quadriplegic, James Gribble thought that he’d never play golf again. However after years of rehabilitation and the emergence of a new machine that helps him stand and swing, James is back in the game. Ann Jones reports from one of Australia’s most accessible golf courses.

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