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Exciting and challenging times…
Over the past 2 ½ years I have spoken with thousands of people with disability, their families and carers, advocates and support workers sharing information, knowledge and experience about all things NDIS. These discussions have highlighted issues, anxieties, problems and frustrations but also options, possibilities, developments and opportunities for the future. I have loved my role as Community Educator for the Every Australian Counts campaign; it is something I feel very proud and privileged to have been a part of and these are exciting and challenging times.
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The NDIS Has Teething Problems That Must Be Addressed
Given the National Disability Insurance Scheme has support across the political spectrum there is a reluctance to heavily criticise it despite a parliamentary inquiry which is revealing that the system is beset by major problems, writes WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewert.
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Disability Sector Warns of NDIS Staffing Turmoil
The disability sector has warned that a high turnover of senior executives managing the National Disability Insurance Scheme could have serious consequences for the scheme’s viability.
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People with disabilities need more NDIS staff and ‘not just a 1800 number’, Labor says
People with disabilities are struggling to get answers from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Labor says, as it urges the Government to boost funding for the agency overseeing its troubled rollout.
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Disability groups tell Bill Shorten the Medicare levy increase is fair
Disability groups have urged Opposition Leader Bill Shorten not to play politics with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), describing an increase to the Medicare levy as a fair way to secure its future.
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Budget 2017: Political divide muddies Scott Morrison’s ‘big heart’ solution to NDIS
Scott Morrison’s plan to utilise Australia’s “big hearts” to fund the NDIS is under threat, with both Labor and the Greens raising concerns over the funding plan.
The Treasurer said it was time to put politics aside and ensure the National Disability Insurance Scheme was fully funded.
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Disability and Budget 2017 – What’s Missing?
The federal budget makes some welcome funding inclusions affecting people with disability but what’s missing is education reform for students with disability, writes advocate Stephanie Gotlib.
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‘I’m not saying no to Gary’: Treasurer reveals personal struggle behind NDIS budget decision
Scott Morrison has delivered one of the least conventional, and most effective, post budget sales pitches in memory – and ratcheted up the pressure on Bill Shorten in the process.
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Medicare levy hike to fund NDIS
Taxpayers will split the bill for the national disability insurance scheme through a 0.5 per cent hike to the Medicare levy.
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Budget is a Big Win for Mental Health
Mental health has become a priority in the federal government’s health agenda with advocacy bodies across the country welcoming the announcement with a sigh of relief.
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Medicare Levy Rises to Fund NDIS
The federal government will increase the Medicare levy by 0.5 percentage points to help fully fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a budget move welcomed by the not-for-profit sector.
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NDIS Report Card – Young People in Residential Care
Analysis of previously unreleased aged care data shows that more young people are entering residential aged care (RAC) in the NDIS.
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Peak Body Calls for Urgent Review of NDIS
The nation’s peak body for disability service providers is calling for urgent action to save the struggling National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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NDIS complaints mount, disability service providers demand urgent improvements
Disability service providers are demanding urgent improvements to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as complaints mount about poor-quality plans.
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Victoria Looks to Divest Disability Services as Part of NDIS Rollout
The Victorian government is looking to divest a number of disability services to the non-government sector in the next step of the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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NDIS reviews practices after lengthy delay in helping critically ill Queensland toddler
The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is reviewing its practices after a Queensland toddler with a life-threatening condition has waited more than five months for vital treatment.
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Funding housing: NDIS payments back new accommodation for disabled youth
National Disability Insurance Scheme funding has been used for the first time to develop housing that has moved young people with disabilities out of aged care homes.
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Concern over speed of NDIS rollout in Indigenous communities, as NSW launches approach
A lobby group is calling for a slow down in the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Aboriginal communities, as its rollout looms in remote parts of NSW.
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NDIA to Appeal Disability Transport Ruling as Test Case
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is to appeal a Federal Court decision over funding arrangements for transport costs under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, claiming it will be a test case for the future viability of the scheme.
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NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform
The agreement to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 2012 was met with great excitement. It also came with large expectations about the transformation this would bring in terms of services and outcomes for people with disability.
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Warning: watch out for dodgy operators in NDIS
Disability workers, unions and advocacy groups are raising the alarm over the likelihood that less experienced, less qualified staff, and even dodgy operators could pour into the sector under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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Terminally ill mother fears NDIS ‘writing off’ people with neurological conditions
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has denied a terminally ill mother help to keep communicating with her family.
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The Evolution of Housing for People with Disabilities
Australia needs to work towards a future where the disability service system and housing solutions work together and where the current limits to choice and control are progressively removed writes Dr George Taleporos, policy manager at the Summer Foundation.
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People with autism have the right to support under the NDIS
Commentary suggesting that funding autism will break the NDIS is a misnomer. Creating an abitrary hierarchy of need is morally unacceptable.
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