LIFE Without Barriers was formed in Newcastle in 1995 when a small group of families dissatisfied with the level of the region's disability care banded together in pursuit of better services.
Its early years were ones of modest successes and gradual growth, and like many organisations of its type, its fortunes were supercharged a decade ago by the arrival of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the associated decision of most state governments, including NSW, to exit the disability sector.
