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Shane Hryhorec boarding a flight to Japan. Travelling in a wheelchair is totally possible… but the travel industry just needs to get on board.

After breaking his neck, Shane is on a mission to change global travel

Shane Hryhorec regularly comes across situations in hotels, cruise ships and attractions that would be laughable if they weren’t so frustrating.

  • Lee Tulloch

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Member for Dickson Ali France who defeated Peter Dutton and Member for Melbourne Sarah Witty who defeated Adam Bandt at the last election.

‘His courage was with me’: How Ali France’s late son’s words propelled her to parliament

The new MP who defeated Peter Dutton said her son Henry had told her not to make his passing an “excuse for you not doing important things”.

  • Brittany Busch and Tony Wright
Uber discrimimation

Paula says she had Uber rides cancelled 32 times because she has guide dog. The company is blaming the drivers

Paula Hobley has had so many Uber drivers cancel trips on her after they learn she is travelling with her guide dog that she now reconsiders going out.

  • Elias Visontay
Students at Officer Specialist School. A sailing program to help transform the lives of students from low-socio-economic backgrounds and refugee backgroudns who are living with a disability. Student Dylan at the steering wheel.

High spirits on the high seas for adventurous students

Wide-eyed and wind-swept, Dylan and his classmates from Officer Specialist School stretched their horizons on an ocean racing yacht.

  • Nicole Precel
The new Barbie doll, with type 1 diabetes

Life in plastic? It’s fantastic – until Barbie gets a diagnosis

Online trolls are attacking the newest Barbie. But she is having the last laugh.

  • Hannah Vanderheide
Advocates say Australia’s disability insurance scheme is letting down some of its most vulnerable clients.

‘No adequate safeguards’: NDIS participants under state guardianship for too long, public advocate warns

The criticism comes amid broader calls to overhaul eligibility reassessments over concerns the NDIS is leaving families anxious, stressed and even suicidal.

  • Grant McArthur and Broede Carmody
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Angelique May-Bennett has two children who are neurodivergent and wants the government to roll out early intervention supports as part of the NDIS as soon as possible.

‘One-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work’: Plan to save the NDIS billions

A more effective and cheaper way to best get help to those who need it is doable, says the Grattan Institute.

  • Broede Carmody
A rising number of children aged nine to 14 are on the NDIS.

The areas where one in 10 tweens are on the NDIS

One in 10 children aged nine to 14 are on the NDIS in some parts of the country, showing how families without other options have come to rely on the scheme.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Hailey Pham says old, high-floor trams are difficult to use for people with disabilities.

Fares aside, Hailey pays a ‘physical cost’ for each trip on Melbourne’s old trams

The majority of tram stops across Melbourne’s vast network are not level-access, proving a barrier for many.

  • Patrick Hatch
Caleb Mills (left) and James Chapman. “Even though Chappo faced much bigger physical hurdles, he got what I was going through,” says Mills.

Chappo didn’t like Shakes when they first met. Now, they’re ‘like brothers’

Since meeting in year 7, James “Chappo” Chapman and Caleb “Shakes” Mills have been there for each other, physically and emotionally.

  • Sheriden Rhodes

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