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Here and Now: Issue #17

"You have to be patient. Everything is measured in years – not days or weeks or small increments – it’s years."
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Here and Now: Issue #16

"At first, I was very uneasy around people with disability, and in hindsight it was because I just did not have the knowledge..."
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The hypocrisy of the old saying, “Do as I say, not as I do,” combined with a burning desire by a carer to help her client succeed on her own health mission, have created two healthier people and burnt more than 130 kgs of unwanted weight...
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Here and Now: Issue #4

On the Sunshine Coast, the 2016 Census data suggests that nearly 6% of the population or about 17,000 people, are living their lives with severe or profound disabilities and require help to make it through their days...
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Here and Now: Issue #3

‘I guess … knowing that you’re making a difference and impacting lives.’ That simple answer form IFYS Regional Coordinator, Simone Inglis, captures the essence of “why” working in the disability services sector is so rewarding for the staff who take the plunge...
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Here and Now: Issue #2

The chance to solve a problem and help another person have a better life are the underlying elements that have kept Rod Bell going in a career path he ‘fell into’ nearly 30 years ago...
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Here and Now: Issue #1

Statistics from the last Census, captured by demographic group .idcommunity, show that in 2016 there were 16,853 people in the Sunshine Coast Council region (about 5.7% of our population) who reported needing help in their day-to-day lives due to disability. Of those, almost a third were under the age of 59...
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