Community Connections Australia in Parramatta, New South Wales | Disability service

Community Connections Australia

Locality: Parramatta, New South Wales

Phone: +61 432 965 385

Address: Level 3, 90 Phillip Street 2150 Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.ccoz.org.au

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25.01.2022 "Twenty-five-year-old Kenyan engineer and innovator, Roy Allela, has created a set of gloves that will ultimately allow better communication between those who are deaf and those who are hearing yet may not necessarily know sign language. The Sign-IO gloves in essence translate signed hand movements into audible speech."

24.01.2022 Audio description enables blind people to enjoy cinema just as sighted people do. It is a mixture of description, interpretation and conjecture which must quickly and concisely take into account the cumulative effect of the work done by all the other facets of the film. Without it, a film barely exists for a blind person, with it, cinema becomes an extraordinarily immersive experience. In 2018 the French Confederation for the Advancement of Blind People created an award to honour the writers of this essential component of the blind cinema-going experience.

24.01.2022 After Technology is a group exhibition at UTS Gallery that considers how artists have registered the rise of technologies since the 1990s. As part of Accessing Design, Sydney Design Festival 2019, there will be an audio described tour of the exhibition for blind or visually-impaired visitors. It will be led by Imogen Yang, founder and Director of Insightful, an organisation dedicated to enhancing access to arts, culture & media. All are welcome to attend. 1pm Thursday 7th Mar...ch (bookings in this link) via Accessible Arts

23.01.2022 Dr. Victor Pineda on Inclusion: what it means and why its important ... after the age of 60 the percentage of people with disabilities is about 45%

23.01.2022 "All on-street advertising boards will be banned from Edinburgh by the Autumn after councillors agreed to remove the "obstacles". "While we want businesses to prosper, our streets should not be an obstacle course to be negotiated. "A third of blind and partially-sighted people surveyed by RNIB said they had been injured by pavement clutter when walking outside. Some felt so intimidated they ended up staying isolated in their homes. This is surely unacceptable."... Image shows a landscape shot of an Edinburgh streetscape. via Vision Australia

23.01.2022 Lost Voice Guy is hysterical and hes just been crowned the winner of Britains Got Talent, the first comedian ever to win the show. "The 37-year-old, whose cerebral palsy affects his ability to speak, uses a voice synthesiser for his act. After the result was announced, Ridley said via his synthesiser: "I have been blown away by the support of the judges and the general public.... "Im very excited to perform in front of the Queen. "Ive loved her since she sang Bohemian Rhapsody." "(via BBC News) Click on the image below for his audition. This is the link for his semi-final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgSDDY0b1tU and this is the hilarious final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2YJYVYYhfI

21.01.2022 "A film showcasing the talents of actors with disabilities is among the finalists for this years Tropfest, as audiences increasingly expect to see all of the community reflected on their screens."

20.01.2022 "Inclusions working, were nailing this," an emotional Fearnley said on Tuesday night.

20.01.2022 "Professor Mashudu Tshifularo and his team at the University of Pretoria performed the worlds first middle-ear surgery using 3D technology."

20.01.2022 Community Connections Australia is hiring! Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in a support worker position. #supportworker #job #hiring #CommunityConnectionsAustralia #CareCareer

18.01.2022 The disability tourism industry is beginning to thrive, with vision impaired people now able to seek financial assistance from the NDIS for holidays or day trips.

17.01.2022 On a recent trip to the Easter Show a great time was had by all!!

17.01.2022 "The JAWS Screen Reader is a program that uses a text-to-speech output and a refreshable Braille display to allows blind or visually impaired people to read the screen. Being unable to see screen content or navigate with a mouse is no longer an issue as the program allows users to move throughout a page using keyboard commands." Image shows a hand pointing at a computer screen.

17.01.2022 We recently had an outing to Vivid at Chatswood - everyone had a great night out and enjoyed the atmosphere!!

17.01.2022 A new online course has been launched to improve the quality of care provided to people with intellectual disability. The course is free and may be of interest to allied, health and disability professionals and students across a range of fields such as exercise physiology, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, disability, nursing, and occupational therapy. To access the course you need to register at the Intellectual Disability Mental Health e-Learning website www.idhealthe...ducation.edu.au/ The course has been created by UNSWs Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN).

16.01.2022 We had so much fun at the Easter Show!

15.01.2022 You can download the talented Jess Irwin - Dare2bus single at http://smarturl.it/WinnersPsykineticMix .... all proceeds go towards Psykinetic inclusive technology!!!! Or if you want to become an eye controlled musician download StarGaze at http://psykinetic.com/stargazedownload/

15.01.2022 "Be My Eyes, created by Hans Jorgen Wiberg in 2015, pairs volunteers with blind or visually impaired people in need of help with small, everyday tasks. These can range from reading an expiration date on a carton of milk to describing the color of a shirt."

15.01.2022 I always wanted to show what people with disabilities, given the right training, were capable of. They were not represented in the world of haute cuisine. Universo Santi has broken through that barrier. "To qualify, applicants had to be unemployed and have more than 35% disability." "In 2010 Brownies&downieS launched in the Dutch town of Veghel as a caf run by people with Downs syndrome and other disabilities. It was so successful that the venture became a franchise, with 53 branches in the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa."

14.01.2022 Ability Fest is organised by The Dylan Alcott Foundation, and aims to use music as a platform to promote disability awareness in an inclusive environment. The Coburg Velodrome was transformed into a completely accessible venue for the event, with the inclusion of elevated platforms, pathways, quiet zones, companion ticketing, and accessible toilets. Money raised from the event will be used to help young Australians with disability fulfil their potential through the foundation...s grant program. Ability Fest aims to set a standard for every other social and recreational event in the community.

11.01.2022 "Were thrilled with the news of a $30 million investment towards Parkinsons disease trials and research by the Australian Federal Government. Parkinsons is a chronic disorder that affects movement and while there is currently no known cure, here at CPA were big believers in the power of research and look forward to seeing what this funding helps achieve." via Cerebral Palsy Alliance

11.01.2022 An electronic smart cane created by WeWalk for those living with blindness, is using ultrasonic sensors to warn users of nearby hindrances through vibrations in the handle. It can also be paired with a smartphone and integrated with Voice Assistant and Google Maps to inform the user of nearby stores and infrastructure details.

10.01.2022 This is amazing! Designed for the blind and visually impaired, the device clips on to the side of a pair of glasses. On the front is a camera with real time visual recognition technology and on the back is a small speaker that discreetly relays the information into the ear of the user and comes in 23 different languages. Ms Hayes has been proficient in braille from an early age but she now relishes being able to read a book or magazine article recommended to her by friends.... Being totally blind since birth, Ive never been able to read a print book, she said. I can now actually read. I can read medication boxes, I can pick up junk mail. I feel like Im part of the real world.

10.01.2022 Check out this story about our new booklet being produced at Community Connections Australias Technology Hub!

09.01.2022 Carleeta Manser, a champion for Every Australian Counts, is a braille teacher who also spends her time working to improve accessibility and inclusion for people with disability in the community. Here she is giving a presentation and meeting the Queen of Spain at the Helen Keller World Conference which was held in Spain from the 20th -27th June. There were 530 deafblind people from 53 countries, using different sign languages, and she learnt some signing in Spanish, Danish an...d other languages. Carleeta signed her presentation on Every Australian Counts, with Della voicing for her. Find out more about Every Australian Counts here: http://www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au/announcing-every-a/ #HelenKellerWorldConference #QueenofSpain #deafblind #signing #EveryAustralianCounts

08.01.2022 From Jess Irwin - Dare2bu: "OK heres the opportunity that you have been waiting for!!! Are your hands faster than my eyes????? I challenge you to beat my score of 2455m on Kinetic Zero [our spaceship game] using your regular computer mouse and your PC! Simply download StarGaze for free." http://psykinetic.com/stargazedownload/

08.01.2022 The Unknown Upside. A story of bravery and perseverance. Premiere tickets available now: https://theunknownupside.com.au/

08.01.2022 "Vivid Sydney: Families of children with disability are invited to pre-book special access zone tickets to the Tumbalong lights free of charge #magicalsydney" https://www.vividsydney.com/event/light/tumbalong-lights-0 via Australian Network on Disability

07.01.2022 This mothers determination to find a solution to the difficulty of going to a grocery store is now helping many others. via Participant Media

06.01.2022 If you know anyone keen to have a permanent part-time job that allows you to have work/life balance as well as meaningful employment, we have positions available for Community Support Workers ... please share to anyone you think might be interested! #communitysupportworker #CCA

04.01.2022 This Punchbowl restaurant is actively welcoming the deaf community ... it will be the first restaurant in Sydney to make it mandatory for all staff to learn Auslan.

04.01.2022 Community Connections Australia had a great day out bowling at Parramatta Leagues Club!

03.01.2022 Over 100 staff took sign language lessons to open the store for three days in Bath.

02.01.2022 "Inclusive design is good design." "Universal design is the concept of creating all of our things to be as usable by all people without the need for specialised design or adaptation." "Australian adaptive clothing label Timeless by Heather Hill designs clothes for women who want to maintain a sense of style as they age, fall ill, or become injured.... In 2016, Tommy Hilfiger became the first mainstream fashion label to create adaptive clothing options for children, and has since launched a line called Tommy Adaptive. Target Australia has also started stocking sensory-friendly T-shirts for children, with other adaptive clothing pieces available to customers in the United States through its online store. Charlotte Coory launched Brisbanes first online inclusive clothing store, Hello Yello Clothing, late last year, inspired by her sister, who struggled to find clothes while being treated for terminal stomach cancer."

02.01.2022 "For the millions of people with disabilities like ALS and muscular dystrophy, Comcasts new eye-tracking remote control could help them channel surf on their own."