In late 2013, Haben Girma graduated as the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. Haben and her guide dog, Maxine, had to navigated their way around the campus from an off-campus apartment.  One of her biggest challenges was that…

Fr Cyril Axelrod has just been made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth during a special ceremony at Windsor Castle. Fr Cyril is the first deafblind person to have ever received such an honour and was…

Victorian deafblind champion wins BrainLink Women of Achievement Award An Ashwood woman who has overcome a lifetime of adversity has today won the 2013 BrainLink Women of Achievement Award. Trudy Ryall was born deaf, is legally blind, and suffered meningitis…

A group of incredible trekkers, all with the same debilitating dual sensory loss, will set out in August, 2014 to walk the Bibbulmun Track right here in WA. The Bibbulmun Track is one of the world’s great long distance walk…

Deafblind Victorians, formerly called Deaf Blind Advocacy Group Committee, met personally Julia Gillard PM and Jenny Macklin MP at the Community Cabinet meeting held at Norwood Secondary College on Wednesday, 17th April 2013.  It was an exciting day for the…

Senses Foundation has been fortunate to have William Green in Perth.  William has been at Senses Foundation for a 3 month Visiting Fellowship, but sadly leaves us on 2nd May 2013. William Green is an international expert in deafblindness and…

Saturday the 25th of August, 2012 was a special day at Senses Foundation with Deafblind priest Father Cyril visiting us to share his life story. Father Axelrod is a Redemptorist priest who was born Deaf and was diagnosed with progressive…

During the weekend of 9 – 11 November 2012 Senses Foundation hosted a camp for people who are deafblind held at the Ern Halliday Recreation Camp on the beautiful coast near Hillarys, just outside Perth. The camp was a huge…

About PKS Foundation of Australia Pallister-Killian Syndrome is a relatively rare syndrome. As a result, very little information and support has been available to families in the past. Most medical professionals have never heard of PKS. PKSFA has been established…

During Deafblind Awareness Week Senses Foundation hosted workshops in Social Haptic Communication presented by Dennis Witcombe of Able Australia. Social Haptic Communication is a system that was devised by Dr Riitta Lahtinen and her husband Russ Palmer in Finland.  Russ…

Deb has been a member of Senses for many years.  Deb has recently travelled with her parents around Western Australia. They set out from Perth on 21 June 2012. Deb kept a diary from the time she left Perth and shared with…

Senses Foundation Inc - Western Australia Official Launch of new Gosnells’ house Launch of Deafblind Information website Social Haptic Communication training presented by Dennis Witcombe Media releases Able Australia – Victoria Deafblind Awareness Week family day will happen on the…

We are delighted to report than an Australian national alliance for rare diseases has been established following the call from over 200 attendees at the "Awakening Australia to Rare Diseases" Symposium, which was hosted by the Office of Population Health Genomics, Department of Health, Western…