We believe that people sharing their own experience of life with a spinal cord injury, or similar complex physical disability, can bring enormous benefit to themselves and others.
Our Community Networks are there to do just that. Organised around location and shared interests, these Networks can be found across Victoria, and operate in person and online. These Networks are there for you to connect with people in your community, learn and share skills and knowledge, try new activities, and have some fun.
If you’d like to find out more about these Networks, and how to get involved, get in touch, and look out for upcoming events near you on our events page.
To meet some of our Network members, and get a sense of what they appreciatye about being involved, watch this short video.
January 18,2021
AQA acknowledges that we live and work on lands stolen from the oldest continuous culture on earth. While our office is on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, we live and work on First Nations lands across Victoria. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, and that this was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. We pay our deepest respect to Elders past and present, and we thank them for holding wisdom and caring for country. We also acknowledge that AQA’s work of building a more caring and inclusive society - where everyone has the resources they need to live well - follows in the footsteps of a long and ongoing struggle of First Nations peoples across the continent to be afforded the self determination, respect and resources they need to live well.
Disability doesn’t discriminate, so our community is as diverse as the richly diverse culture we exist in. Having the fullest version of ourselves on display, seen and appreciated, is a fundamental aspect of living a full and meaningful life. It is also the foundation from which the full benefit of our capacity building and empowering supports are accessed. Recognising this, we have developed an organisational culture where diversity is not just thoughtfully and respectfully accommodated, but truly celebrated - be it ethnicity, religion, ability, age, gender, sexuality or gender identity.
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