Suitable technology, costs, complexity, time and ownership are some of the areas of voice banking and message banking being explored by a team of UTS Business students from UTS Shopfront Community Program working with MND NSW to help people living with MND make choices about communication options.
Walk to d’Feet MND Hunter has always been our biggest Walk and the Hunter didn’t disappoint again this year. Hundreds of participants turned out to show their support for people living with MND on Sunday 26 March. What a great morning it was, with plenty of sunshine and lots of family groups, teams of friends and supporters.
MND NSW was chosen as the Charity of the Month by Woolworths Head Office in Bella Vista. Throughout March, various fundraising events were run with $6,221 being donated to the Association. A big thank you to Megan Moore who was the coordinator of the events, and to the staff at Woolworths Head Office for their generosity.
Ten national peak not-for-profit health organisations (making up the Neurological Alliance Australia (NAA)) are calling for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to transform the lives of over 850,000 Australians living with progressive neurological or neuromuscular conditions that have no known cause and no cure, outlined in a Joint Position Paper, People with progressive neurodegenerative diseases in the NDIS, launched 22 March 2017 at Parliament House Canberra.
Assistive Technology Australia at http://at-aust.org/ is the new name for the previously called Independent Living Centre of NSW (www.ilcnsw.asn.au). Assistive Technology Australia is a not for profit, community based organisation and it continues to provide impartial information, advice and training on assistive technology (aids and equipment).
