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Plega Healthcare Products – Learn More!

Posted on 15 November 201713 September 2023
Plega Healthcare
Plega Healthcare is an Australian owned company serving the community since 1984 by manufacturing a comprehensive range of Electric Adjustable Beds, Lift Chairs, Scooters and Mobility Aids. They are a[...]
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How to Make the NDIS Work for You

Posted on 14 November 201713 September 2023
NDIS
Wondering how to make the NDIS work for you? You’re not alone! In-fact sometimes that is all we think about at The Benevolent Society (TBS) – because we really want it to work for you too! To co[...]
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Afford Makes Healthy Fun

Posted on 14 November 201713 September 2023
Afford Makes Healthy Fun
We all need a little nudge now and then to get active and fit, but leading a healthy and happy life is more than just eating well and exercising. Having supportive people around you to help you learn[...]
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Getting The Right Supports

Posted on 14 November 201712 September 2023
Afford
Changes to the NDIS mean that you have the power to say how you want to live your life and choose the supports that mean something to you. But, finding a service that offers you opportunities for fun,[...]
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Big Changes and a Whole Heap of Learning

Posted on 14 November 201712 September 2023
NDIS
Trying to understand how the NDIS (the National Disability Insurance Scheme) system works can be difficult… and it’s been a whole new world (we’re breaking into song here – who doesn’t lov[...]
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NDIS Update: One Family’s Experience

Posted on 13 November 201712 September 2023
Reece - The Disability Trust
A parent shares her experience with The Disability Trust. Our family’s future plan was that our son Reece, aged 19, diagnosed with a moderate intellectual disability and autism would live with us fore[...]
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Why Choose The Junction Works’ NDIS Disability Services?

Posted on 4 November 201712 September 2023
The Junction Works
Why families are choosing The Junction Works’ NDIS Disability Services? The TJW difference At The Junction Works, we understand the needs of the South West Sydney community, which is why we[...]
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What Type of Content Will 65% of Your Audience Be More Likely to Recall?

Posted on 25 October 201712 September 2023
Visual Content
ANSWER: VISUAL CONTENT That’s why it’s so important, says ‘visual marketer’ Robert Katai to engage quality designers – those clever people who make stuff look nice and di[...]
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Civic Disability Services

Posted on 16 October 201712 September 2023
CIVIC
Civic Disability Services has provided supports to people with intellectual disability and/or mental health conditions for almost 60 years. We provide people with disability to exercise choice and con[...]
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SWDE – What is it all about?

Posted on 10 August 201713 September 2023
South West Disability Expo
From 1 July 2017, the NDIS became available state-wide for people currently receiving supports through New South Wales Government specialist disability services and new participants will progressively[...]
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We’re excited to have Vision Australia Radio back We’re excited to have Vision Australia Radio back for the Melbourne Disability Expo!

Learn how @va_radio_network supports access to information for people with blindness, low vision and print disability. They offer a range of interesting and informative programs that feature readings from newspapers, magazines and books – with the opportunity to learn how it’s done firsthand at their booth.

Stop by their booth on both days of the Expo, 20th Friday and 21st Saturday, November.

Visual Description - Vision Australia Radio at the 2025 Melbourne Disability Expo.

#MDE2026 #MelbourneDisabilityExpo #MelbourneEvents
Get hands on with television at the Brisbane Disab Get hands on with television at the Brisbane Disability Expo! 🎥

Next week, @abilitv will transform their booth into an interactive studio where visitors can see how a television program comes together, and even have a go themselves.

Learn more on our blog on the Brisbane Disability Expo website.
Decorate your AT or personal item with @chloewigga Decorate your AT or personal item with @chloewiggart! 🎨✨

Chloe’s DecorATe booth at the Brisbane Disability Expo will invite people to decorate their assistive technology or an everyday item. It’s part of her latest project, Adapted, which explores what is gained in function – and lost in identity. 

DecorATe is fun, accessible, and a great way to personalise your ride! + totally free

Find Chloe at Booth S2 on both days AND catch her live on stage on Friday, 30 October at 11.00am. As our Expo Ambassador, we’ll be delving more into her story as a retired paramedic, visual artist and all-round rockstar for disability advocacy.

Feat. happy snaps from Chloe's workshop with @guidedogsaustralia Queensland (who will also be exhibiting at the Expo!)
Fun activities at the Brisbane Disability Expo! 💙 Fun activities at the Brisbane Disability Expo! 💙

🦼 Wheelchair sports with @spinallife 
✨ DecorATe workshop with Expo Ambassador @chloewiggart 
🌈 Lego play area with @buildnbloom.bne 
🎨 Face painting for all ages
🛹 Kidszone by @skateadvantage 
🎬 abiliTV Studio by @abilitv 

Come along and join the fun next week! We can’t wait to see you there 🧡
We are thrilled to announce our 2026 Melbourne Dis We are thrilled to announce our 2026 Melbourne Disability Expo Ambassador, @fiona.demark! 💜

Fiona Demark is an international keynote speaker, trainer, consultant and passionate advocate for disability inclusion. Legally blind since birth, Fiona brings lived experience, humour and powerful storytelling to conversations about resilience, inclusion and what becomes possible when we focus on ability rather than limitation. 

Through her signature philosophy, Ability Thinking, she challenges individuals, organisations and communities to rethink barriers, embrace difference and create meaningful change.

Join Fiona as she takes the stage at 11:00 am on Friday, 20 November to share her story. Come along!

#DisabilityExpo #MDE26 #MelbourneDisabilityExpo
Join us at the 2026 "My Future, My Choice" Melbour Join us at the 2026 "My Future, My Choice" Melbourne Disability Expo! ✨

We're back at Door 1 this year! Closest to Clarendon St End.

📅 20 & 21 November 2026
⏰ 9am - 3pm 
📍 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, DOOR 1 (Clarendon St End)
🎟 Free Entry
🔗 Register via the link in our bio

Run by @impactinstituteau 

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Image 1 - features a purple background, with pink & light purple circular shapes placed in the corners. At the centre sits the Melbourne Disability Expo logo. Beneath the logo are the main event details: “Friday 20th & Saturday 21st Melbourne 2026. Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, DOOR 1 (Clarendon St End)". To the side is a light purple bubble containing the text “Free Entry.”
Image 2 - features the same background, circular shapes and logo. Beneath the logo is the text: "We're back at Door 1! (Clarendon St End)"
Please share widely. #MelbourneDisabilityExpo ‼️ Please share widely. #MelbourneDisabilityExpo

‼️ 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘

We wish to reassure you that @impactinstituteau - host of the Melbourne Disability Expo has no association with another expo originally scheduled this week at MCEC (not hosted by us). 

Our dates remain unchanged, 20-21 November. 

We have become aware that another disability expo that was scheduled to run in Melbourne this weekend on Friday and Saturday (hosted by another organisation) at MCEC has been cancelled.

We understand that there has been no communication from the organisers to exhibitors who have booked exhibition space, nor attendees who have registered to attend.

Venue security is in place to turn people away and so we recommend that you don't attempt to attend the MCEC on either Friday or Saturday this week.

Unfortunately, there is some confusion around the official dates of our expo - especially as AI and other sources conflate the two events. 

To avoid any confusion, we want to reiterate that the one and only Melbourne My Future, My Choice Disability Expo:
• will be held on 20–21 November 2026
• will be at Door 1, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The ONLY trusted sources you should use for the Melbourne Disability Expo are:
• this Instagram account and our Facebook page
• the Melbourne Disability Expo website page (link in bio)

For more than 11 years, ImpactInstitute has proudly delivered the My Future, My Choice Disability Expo series across Australia. 

We greatly value the trust placed in us by exhibitors, sponsors, attendees and the wider disability community. 

Throughout that time, we have remained committed to transparency, consistency and delivering high-quality events that serve people with disability, their families and carers and the broader disability community.

See you all in Melbourne on the 20 - 21 November.

Kathryn Carey
Head of Events and Marketing
Disability Expo Team, ImpactInstitute

Visual Description - Four tiles with dark purple text on light yellow background. The text is the same as the information in this caption. Logos are the: Melbourne Disability Expo logo, and the ‘An initiative of’ ImpactInstitute logo.
Get hands-on with television at the Brisbane Disab Get hands-on with television at the Brisbane Disability Expo.

Try presenting, cameras and production with the @abilitv team. They’ll be transforming their booth into an interactive studio experience for you to explore.

Whether you want to be behind the camera or in front of it, there’s plenty to learn.
Love animals? Meet baby goats at the Brisbane Disa Love animals? Meet baby goats at the Brisbane Disability Expo! 🐐

We're thrilled to have @urbanbuddyfarm back this year to wow the crowds with cute farm buddies.

Don't miss out! Link in bio to register ✨
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