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All the latest news about living with disability and the NDIS.
End the blame game, stop letting people with disability fall through the gaps and pull your finger out to ensure action on areas other than the NDIS.
Read moreAt the end of last year the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) put out their report looking at what needs to be done to improve access to assistive technology for NDIS participants.
Read moreThis year we’re going to be shining a spotlight on our hard working Every Australian Counts champions – and we’re starting with Carleeta!
Read moreLast week the New South Wales Legislative Council released the findings of an inquiry they held earlier in the year into how the the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolling out across NSW.
Read moreAt every NDIS Make it Work forum we have held around the country, we have been asked about changes people have heard the National Disability Insurance Agency are making to the NDIS planning process.
We have been asked so many questions we thought we had better get some answers. And no, we didn’t call the call centre – because we all know how THAT goes. We went straight to the top to the man who runs the NDIA – Rob De Luca.
Read more“Today Australians should not only take the time to talk about what the disability community has done, but also talk about what needs to be done to ensure a fairer and more inclusive nation.”
Read moreLate last week the National Disability Insurance Agency announced they would be trialling a new assessment process for some people with disability applying for support from the NDIS.
Read moreThe fight to get the NDIS back on track is spreading far and wide – and last week it hit the campus of the University of Queensland.
Read moreLast week, the Co-operative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC) published Australia’s first National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism.
Read moreLast week the Prime Minister announced the Australian Government would hold a Royal Commission into aged care. The Summer Foundation’s George Taleporos tells us why the Commission must make sure young people get the chance to get the hell out.
Read moreMarkets, Markets, Markets. We hear a lot about markets when it comes to the NDIS. But without attention to how markets are operating, the choice and control promised by the NDIS will become meaningless.
Read more“They told me I had to play on an indoor (court) and spectators weren’t allowed.” Alcott said. Read on to find out more.
Read moreOur first “Make It Work” forums took place in Sydney a few weeks ago and were a great success. Read on to find out more.
Read moreThe Australian Human Rights Commission held its Human Rights and Technology Conference in Sydney yesterday.
Read moreABC’s Q&A had their disability special last night and we hope you tuned in! The panel of Dylan Alcott, Kiruna Stamell, Graeme Innes, Bruce Bonyhady and Catia Malaquias were asked lots of good questions by the audience, and the discussion ranged everywhere from how the NDIS is rolling out, to the inclusion of kids with disability in schools, to employment discrimination.
Read moreNew South Wales has become the first state to sign up to the full roll out of the NDIS.
Read moreThere has been a great deal of media coverage during the last week about NDIA plans to review the guidelines which govern access to the NDIS. In particular whether or not they plan to change the guidelines relating to people with autism.
Read moreThe Commonwealth Ombudsman has released a report on the administration of NDIS reviews. Among other things, it noted that as of February 2018 there were 8,100 reviews on hand, and a further 620 new review requests each week.
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