Ideas for an active, healthy life.
The right to an active life, what the evidence says, and practical ideas for moving, cooking and getting out, for people with disability and the people who support them.
- Getting ready for an outing: making the unfamiliar familiarA trip to the shops, a swim or a visit to a new club is easier when you know what to expect. Practical ideas for planning an outing, from looking ahead to getting there and home again.
- Making the kitchen work for everyoneCooking at home builds skills, confidence and independence. Practical ideas for making a kitchen easier and safer to use, and for cooking together in a way that leaves the choices with the person cooking.
- What Australia's movement guidelines say for people with disabilityThe Australian Government's 24-hour movement guidelines include recommendations written for adults with disability. Here is what they say, in plain words, and how to make them work in a real week.
- Choice and control: what it means day to dayChoice and control is written into the NDIS and the new aged care law. Here is what it means in the small moments of an ordinary day, and how support can make choices possible without taking them over.
- Getting started with seated exercise at homeSeated exercise is a real way to move, not a lesser one. Practical ideas for starting at home, at your own pace, with the people who support you.
- An active life is a right, not an extraPeople with disability have the same right to sport, recreation and an active life as everyone else. Here is what that right says, where Australia stands, and what makes the difference day to day.