We wanted to give you the chance to get to know some of our amazing Support Workers. Meet Ebuka and ..

Brata recounts the impact his Peer Mentor Thelma had on his recovery and wellbeing during rehab. Now..

Living in Stratford, in eastern Victoria, Kim has been repeatedly made to wait for hours for wheelch..

Valerie and Geoff’s family home felt large and lonely after their kids left home. After overcoming..

Peer Mentor Ian Douglas, winner of the 2023 Nigel Steele Award for his dedicated mentoring work, sha..

In late November, our community lost a friend and a leader, Rocca Salcedo. Below are a few words com..

AQA’s Naz Erdem recounts his trip of a lifetime to Turkey, and the rewarding spontaneity that trav..

Luke was still in rehab for his SCI when he started hunting down his next source of adrenaline. Thre..

A community member offers a cautionary tale of accessibility at the Mayfair Hotel in Adelaide, and a..

Words by John Theodoropoulos, Illustrations by Dina Theodoropoulos I was holidaying with family in a..

AQA’s Lachie O’Brien describes his recent tour of Japan, and offers some travel tips along the w..

Hear two perspectives on a trip to the Grand Prix. ..

Naz Erdem honours the life and work of Wayne Bradshaw, long-time AQA Peer Mentor, Information Offic..

A young father describes the challenges of adjusting to life with a spinal cord injury while raising..

AQA Peer Mentor Ben Gruter describes his first experience meeting a Peer Mentor in rehab, his journe..

AQA Peer Volunteer and dancer Karen James shares how her support network kicked into gear when she n..

AQA CEO Peter Trethewey reflects on the life and legacy of Cliff Wise, a founding father of AQA and ..

Sharon Brill found herself drawn to disability support work for its variety and autonomy ...

Attending a Foo Fighters stadium concert was Simon Bibby’s first major event since sustaining his ..

My name is Rubie, and I’m 26. Before my spinal cord injury in 2019, I had been living in France an..

In 2000, Tanya Clarke got a call from a coordinator at the Transport Accident Commission. They wante..

Until mid-2020, Dion Woodward was a long-haul trucker. When he got time off he liked to ride his mot..

I am a T2 paraplegic and have been using a wheelchair for coming up on 11 years now. ..

At 19 I was working towards an apprenticeship as a jockey, in a job I loved, when I had a fall that ..

Life can be seen as a series of moments that lead us to where we are now. Although some moments are ..

As I sat in the recliner wheelchair unable to move, all I could do was stare at the pale blue wall i..

At 65, John Lace was doing well. He had 35,000 citrus trees, on four properties, accumulated over 40..

lot of us had plans for 2020 that Covid-19 put paid to. When restrictions were finally lifted, Emily..

Barbara had a spinal cord injury in 2005 and completed her rehab at Olympia Private Rehabilitation H..

In October 1993 I was involved in a serious car accident which left me with C5 complete quadriplegia..

“I never thought much about having kids,” says Jason Ellery, 32, who has two sons. Kyden has jus..

Story by Ian Baker Rita Figueiredo began to work with AQA more than 20 years ago, at a critical time..

The emotional stresses and extra challenges faced by people living with a spinal cord injury ..