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December 17, 2012
During the Christmas-New Year period, ILC office is closed from 22 Dec 2012 and will re-open on 7 Jan 2013.
We thank you for your continual support, we wish you a very safe and happy festive season, we welcome you at our AT Display at Westpoint Blacktown in the New Year.
December 7, 2012
Premier Barry O'Farrell joined with the Prime Minister to announce NSW
is the first Australian state to sign onto a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
This landmark agreement will empower and support people with a disability, their family and carers.
It will mean from 2018 the Commonwealth and NSW governments will invest more than $6.4 billion in disability support each year. It is anticipated the NDIS will assist more than 140,000 people with a disability living in NSW lead a dignified and decent life.
For more information on the agreement, visit www.nsw.gov.au/ndis
September 14, 2012
12 Sept 2012, ILCNSW welcomed 60 delegates of the National Home Modifications conference to our new site, where we display Assistive Technologies and Home Modifications in context, within an apartment built to the Livable Housing Design Guidelines.
Delegates toured the site, inspected the display apartment with the assistance of staff and suppliers, attended a talk on Home Automation by our OT Andrew Chia, followed by a BBQ and networking.
It's wonderful that we had an opportunity to "show off" our new display, full of items of promoting 'possibilities'.
October 26, 2012
In the spirit of Every Australian Counts campaign, ILC NSW hosted a DisabiliTEA where people came together, had a cuppa, visited the new ILC display, found out the benefits of Assistive Technology and showed support to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. DisabiliTEA @ the ILC was held on 26 October at Westpoint Blacktown, the event was very well received.
The Independent Living Centre NSW is proud to support the Every Australian Counts campaign. For more information about NDIS,
visit
http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au.
August 15, 2012
NSW Minister for Disability Services, Andrew Constance, announced on 1 Aug-2012 the Smoke Alarm Subsidy Scheme (SASS) to protect the lives of people who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing. The NSW Government has invested $2 million for the scheme, which aims to give people with impaired hearing the same protections as smoke alarms do for others.
Applications for the subsidy can be made to the Deaf Society of NSW, which provides information and services to people who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing and their families.
For information and application forms visit this website:
http://www.deafsocietynsw.org.au/smokealarms
5 May 2016
Venue: ILC NSW, Blacktown
Date and Time: 5th May (Thu) 9am-4:30pm
Address: Westpoint, Shop 4019, 17 Patrick St, Blacktown
Parking: Level 4 Carpark via Alpha St Express Ramp
Instructor: Tracee-Lee Maginnity
Whilst many suppliers offer workshops on powered mobility, these are all provided within the ranges that the supplier has access to supply. At ILC NSW we will take you through all the features of powered mobility and empower you as a therapist to identify the advantages and disadvantages of chairs.
This one day introduction to powered mobility workshop will look at the different powered mobility bases on the market from entry level basic through to switch controlled rehab models.
Areas covered include:
- Different drive base options
- Clinical reasoning in drive base selection
- Product knowledge and power wheelchair feature update
- Actuators and functionality of chair
- Tilt recline and overview of standing
- Environmental considerations and constraints
- Access points
- Integration of environmental controls/communication devices
.... for more info
download course flyer
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