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News and Media Releases Brisbane City Council Disability Services Disability services Brisbane City Council provides facilities that make it easier for everyone to access the city's services. Read more. Last Modified: 12-9-2008 National Disability Awards Nominations for the 2008 National Disability Awards are now open. Read more. Last Modified: 24-4-2008 Itches and scratches - living with disability Peter Gibilisco is a person who suffers from a severe physical disability known as Friedreich’s Ataxia. Peter has recently been awarded his PhD at the University of Melbourne. Read more. Last Modified: 26-3-2008 PLANNING WELL UNDERWAY FOR INAUGURAL KURILPA WHEELCHAIR DERBY The West End Community Association (WECA) is planning a unique “wheelchair derby”, designed to celebrate members of the community who rely on wheelchairs (motorised or otherwise) for transport. Read more. Last Modified: 8-8-2008 Upcoming Events Disability Action Week: 14–20 September Disability touches the lives of most Queenslanders in some way — through the experiences we have with friends and family, at school, in the workplace and in the community Read more. Last Modified: 12-9-2008 Free Events at City Hall This calendar provides information on community and free events that you can attend at Brisbane City Hall Read more. Last Modified: 12-9-2008 Queensland Health Events Calendar 2009 Calendar of Events Read more. Last Modified: 6-1-2009 Volunteers Wanted Mondays and Thursdays TIME: 9.30am – 12.00noon Read more. Last Modified: 28-5-2008 Forums Black and white thinking: mental illness and the print media Mental illness is brutal, indiscriminate, and an undeniably real aspect of what it means to be human. It can possess the surrendered hope of an Edvard Munch painting one day, and the tender disquiet of a Diane Arbus photograph the next. Some people affected by mental illness realise previously unknown strengths, others learn to accept what cannot be changed; nearly all people experiencing mental illness discover an unnerving shame in the face of the persecution that media stigma stirs. Read more. Last Modified: 28-5-2008

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