Livewire (livewire.org.au) is a safe and fun online community designed especially for young people living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability.
Livewire is a place for you to hang out, connect, share experiences, creatively express yourself and realise that you are not alone in your situation.
At Livewire, you can:
• Enter competitions and win great prizes
• Check out the latest games
• Chat online and meet people your age from all over Australia
• Create a blog about yourself or stuff you are interested in
• Keep up with the latest news, reviews and interviews.
• Have your say!
To become a member of Livewire today:
• Go to http://www.livewire.org.au and click on the “Join Now” button; or
• Contact the Livewire Support Team on (02) 8425 5971
Membership is free and if you join Livewire by May 29, 2009, you will go in the draw to WIN a Wii Gaming Package
Friday, 24 April 2009
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Stepping into your chosen career
The Australian Employers Network on Disability is a not-for-profit organisation, resourced by its members, to advance employment opportunities for people with disability. We help our members and clients to welcome people with disability as employees, customers and suppliers. We support our clients nationally.
The Employers' Network on Disability is pleased to be able to offer university students with disability a range of internship opportunities, for the 2009 winter semester break.
Adelaide will be running two 'Stepping Into' programs:
Stepping into Law and Stepping into Accounting.
Check their website for more information:
'Stepping Into' internship programs:
http://www.aend.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=23
Home Page
http://www.aend.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
The Employers' Network on Disability is pleased to be able to offer university students with disability a range of internship opportunities, for the 2009 winter semester break.
Adelaide will be running two 'Stepping Into' programs:
Stepping into Law and Stepping into Accounting.
Check their website for more information:
'Stepping Into' internship programs:
http://www.aend.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=23
Home Page
http://www.aend.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Monday, 20 April 2009
Bill Shorten's address to the National Press Club
"Unemployment in Australia is expected to rise to 7 per cent, and many people will ask the question: "Why should it be a priority to get people with disability into the workforce? I need a job too."
I have two answers to this.
One is the standard sensible answer: That in the long term we have an ageing population and once this current economic crisis has passed we will need to use the potential of all members of society in all walks of life.
The second answer is more simple: When did basic civil rights become dependent on the state of the All Ordinaries, or the strength of the dollar against the yen?
People with disability should not be pushed to the back of the queue, the back of the bus, or out of the washroom, by the current economic crisis.
Because what we're asking isn't charity, and it doesn't involve sacrifice, and it never did. People with disability can be as productive as anyone else.
Take this example of four people looking for work:
One, let's call him Leo, is deaf, the second Frank is in a wheelchair and the third Helen, is blind and the fourth, Steve, can not make himself understood.
It is likely that all four resumes would be put on the bottom of the pile by a boss or a job agency too concerned about the problems that these unhappy unfortunates might cause.
That boss would have turned down Ludwig van Beethoven, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking. "
Here is the link to Parliamentary Secretary’s speech at the National Press Club.
http://www.billshorten.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/billshorten.nsf/content/right_to_ordinary_life_01apr09.htm [1]
I have two answers to this.
One is the standard sensible answer: That in the long term we have an ageing population and once this current economic crisis has passed we will need to use the potential of all members of society in all walks of life.
The second answer is more simple: When did basic civil rights become dependent on the state of the All Ordinaries, or the strength of the dollar against the yen?
People with disability should not be pushed to the back of the queue, the back of the bus, or out of the washroom, by the current economic crisis.
Because what we're asking isn't charity, and it doesn't involve sacrifice, and it never did. People with disability can be as productive as anyone else.
Take this example of four people looking for work:
One, let's call him Leo, is deaf, the second Frank is in a wheelchair and the third Helen, is blind and the fourth, Steve, can not make himself understood.
It is likely that all four resumes would be put on the bottom of the pile by a boss or a job agency too concerned about the problems that these unhappy unfortunates might cause.
That boss would have turned down Ludwig van Beethoven, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking. "
Here is the link to Parliamentary Secretary’s speech at the National Press Club.
http://www.billshorten.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/billshorten.nsf/content/right_to_ordinary_life_01apr09.htm [1]
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Alternative Exam Arrangements
Need Alternative Exam Arrangements for the Mid Year Exams?
If YES, and you DO NOT have an Access Plan in place or it is not current please note that the final deadline for establishing alternative exam arrangements for the Mid Year Examination period is Friday 9th May 2009. As the Exams Office requires sufficient time to make arrangements for scheduling, staffing and room bookings, after that date the University will not be able to fully accommodate you. In order to develop your Access Plan you will need documentation from your treating practitioner and then need to schedule an appointment with a Disability Adviser on your campus.
If YES, and you DO have an Access Plan, please note that the exam arrangements that have been agreed in your Access Plan will be automatically forwarded to the Exams Office for implementation. You MUST take a copy of your Access Plan with you to the exam venue.
Exam Venue Tour
If you wish to view the Wayville exam venues, including the alternative exam area, prior to the commencement of the exams, Disability Services staff will be available to show you on Friday 19th June between 3.00pm and 4.00pm. Please meet in the alternative exam venue which is upstairs in the Ridley Pavillion. Please email disability@unisa.edu.au to advise of your attendance. Royal Adelaide Showground Map.
Exam Resources
Click on the following links for some exam resources that you may find useful.
- Alternative Exam Arrangements http://www.unisa.edu.au/student/exams/exam_alternative.asp
- Examination Information including link to the timetables and locations http://www.unisa.edu.au/student/exams/default.asp
- Learning and Teaching Unit Exam Resource information http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/students/study/exams/default.asp
Including information about Succeeding in exams; Exam anxiety or depression; Making exam anxiety work for you (online workshop); and Talking about exams (online discussion).
The Disability Service wishes you all the best with your exams.
If YES, and you DO NOT have an Access Plan in place or it is not current please note that the final deadline for establishing alternative exam arrangements for the Mid Year Examination period is Friday 9th May 2009. As the Exams Office requires sufficient time to make arrangements for scheduling, staffing and room bookings, after that date the University will not be able to fully accommodate you. In order to develop your Access Plan you will need documentation from your treating practitioner and then need to schedule an appointment with a Disability Adviser on your campus.
If YES, and you DO have an Access Plan, please note that the exam arrangements that have been agreed in your Access Plan will be automatically forwarded to the Exams Office for implementation. You MUST take a copy of your Access Plan with you to the exam venue.
Exam Venue Tour
If you wish to view the Wayville exam venues, including the alternative exam area, prior to the commencement of the exams, Disability Services staff will be available to show you on Friday 19th June between 3.00pm and 4.00pm. Please meet in the alternative exam venue which is upstairs in the Ridley Pavillion. Please email disability@unisa.edu.au to advise of your attendance. Royal Adelaide Showground Map.
Exam Resources
Click on the following links for some exam resources that you may find useful.
- Alternative Exam Arrangements http://www.unisa.edu.au/student/exams/exam_alternative.asp
- Examination Information including link to the timetables and locations http://www.unisa.edu.au/student/exams/default.asp
- Learning and Teaching Unit Exam Resource information http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/students/study/exams/default.asp
Including information about Succeeding in exams; Exam anxiety or depression; Making exam anxiety work for you (online workshop); and Talking about exams (online discussion).
The Disability Service wishes you all the best with your exams.
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