Events 2016

This workshop is intended for service providers who wish to enhance their engagement strategies with consumers, carers and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

Join a workshop on 1 December, to learn specialised strategies to teach young people with disability about puberty, sexuality and relationships.

Join us for a disability services provider expo and family-friendly community event in celebration of Disability Awareness Week 2016.

Come and celebrate Disability Awareness Week with VIP at a free community BBQ, with entertainment and live music.

Come and enjoy a community BBQ featuring entertainment by local musicians with disability, and food prepared by students from the local high school. There is also the opportunity to learn more about the supports offered by local disability service organisations.

Dust off your dancing shoes and head to the Celebrate Ability! family fun day in Rockingham for Disability Awareness Week.

Come along to the launch of ‘Life Stories’ – a book of real life stories by local people with disability, with a focus on how they have overcome barriers. The launch is being hosted by the Shire of Denmark to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Come along to a free community BBQ during Disability Awareness Week to celebrate the achievements of people with disability in Mandurah.

Intelife is hosting a community BBQ at the Lansdale Animal Farm to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Bring your children along to celebrate Disability Awareness Week and have some Fun in the Park with activity stalls, jumpy castles and a sausage sizzle.

People With Disability WA invites the community to a sausage sizzle in Subiaco to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Need a puppy fix? Head down to the Building Family Connections day in Butler to enjoy a puppy petting zoo, bubble machine and pedal boat rides. Food and drinks will be available, so bring the whole family along.

Celebrate Disability Awareness Week in Esperance with a movie night under the stars to watch the ‘Focus on Ability Short Film Festival’.

Come and try a range of activities for the ‘You Can Do It’ event organised by the City of Stirling to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Surf’s up at Leighton Beach as the City of Fremantle and the Disabled Surfer’s Association join forces to host the ‘Let's go surfing’ event to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Help create a masterpiece by adding a dabble of paint to a shared community canvas to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

The City of Joondalup is partnering with Catch Music to provide a free lunch and music performance to celebrate the International Day of People with Disability.

The Shire of Wongan-Ballidu invites you to a movie afternoon to celebrate Disability Awareness Week.

Disability service provider EPIC invites residents of Newman and surrounding areas to come and enjoy the ‘dive in’ movie night to watch a free movie screening of ‘Finding Dory’ for Disability Awareness Week.

The City of Mandurah is hosting a Casino Royale night to celebrate the International Day of People with Disability. The night aims to create a social environment where the community can come together to celebrate the contribution and achievements of local people with disability.

Cyclists are encouraged to join the Ocean Ride for MS, a 30km, 50km, 70km or 90km bike ride along the coastline from Fremantle to Hillarys.

Come to a free community movie night in South Hedland to celebrate Disability Awareness Week. Gnomeo and Juliet, with subtitles, will be the main feature film followed by the “Focus on Ability Short Film Festival”. There will also be activities such as wheelchair basketball.