Dancers with intellectual disabilities have cha cha-ed and fox-trotted their way to representing WA in a national competition next year.
Break dancing through barriers
The hunger for success
Dancers are still feeling pressure to lose weight due to a toxic dance culture and the industry’s apparent reluctance to change.
AI chatbot supports mental health
As seeking mental health support from AI is on the rise, Curtin University will be offering students a new way to support their wellbeing.
Off the canvas
For many Singaporeans who practise martial arts, the battles in the ring help them fight the battles within themselves.
Flower power
Singapore is promoting mental health through ‘therapeutic gardens’, and a WA hospital is following suit.
Designing out depression
With Perth’s suburban sprawl expanding, experts warn that loneliness and depression will feel right at home. Can we build for a better mood?
All abilities, one game
All abilities football is rapidly growing in Perth, but players are struggling to afford to the fees.
Spike in senior volleyball
Teams of seniors will compete in a seated volleyball tournament in November.
Desperate for doctors
WA country towns are offering big incentives to lure GPs, amid a shortage described as a crisis by the state’s peak body for doctors.
Man pill anyone?
Advances in male birth control could shift reproductive responsibility, giving men equal options.
Dementia support through song
The Young Ones, a volunteer-run singing group, is providing joy and support to people affected by younger onset dementia.
Body and soul
Somatic therapy is popular as a body-based alternative to treating trauma. Some describe it as transformative, but others question its legitimacy.
ASMR you feeling relaxed?
Considered life-changing by some and “pseudoscience” to others, the sensory phenomenon ASMR is gaining followers across Perth.
Making benzo shopping harder
ScriptCheckWA comes into full force in June to clamp down on doctor shopping for prescription drugs.
The spectrum of learning
A new school specifically for autistic teenagers is opening in West Perth.
Nursing the system back to health
Experts say we could be smarter about increasing the reponsibilities nurses are given, and the whole health system could benefit.
Shelter from the storm
Studies show an increasing number of Australians struggling with mental health are turning to music for help.