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$1.2 million Government funding for sensory health in aged care

$1.2 million Government funding for sensory health in aged care

Improving quality of life for people living in residential aged care with dementia by increasing hearing and vision support is the focus of a $1.2 million University of Queensland-led SENSEcog Care Australia study. The project was awarded funding through the National...

You can join the international HEARsearch community

You can join the international HEARsearch community

Announcement: Join HEARsearch and be part of NAL’s mission to improve the lives of people with hearing difficulties. The National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) is expanding the reach of its world-leading research studies by enabling people all over the world to...

Sign language teachers in remote Pacific

Sign language teachers in remote Pacific

Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands, have received a research grant of nearly $500,000 to lead a ground-breaking project to send sign language teachers into remote communities of the Pacific nation. The project is being...

Review of Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport

Review of Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport

The Disability Transport Standards are currently being reviewed by the Australian Government's Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts. We prepared a submission to the Review through the lens of our involvement in...