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Parents and advocates welcome NDIS deal
Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges disability advocates say there’s a feeling of immense relief following confirmation of a full roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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Autism Advisory and Support Services president Grace Fava tells National Disability Insurance Agency to talk to families
“TALK to families” is the plea to experts reviewing how Autism is treated under the National Disability Insurance Scheme from the Bonnyrigg Heights mother of two autistic children.
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Start-Ups to Pitch NDIS Conference
Australian start-ups developing innovative technology to enhance the lives of people with disability will pitch their ideas at the National Disability Insurance Scheme Conference next month.
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Human Rights Act ‘not all lollipops and rainbows’
At the launch of the campaign for a Human Rights Act for Queensland, Rob Hulls (former Attorney General of Victoria) told us that although their Charter of Rights had “made the world of difference to some people”, Victoria still isn’t “the land of lollipops and rainbows.”
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Disabled Fairfield residents to benefit from NDIS
PEOPLE with a disability will have more say in their care than ever before as of July when the National Disability Insurance Scheme goes live.
NSW Premier Mike Baird last week signed the agreement for the full rollout of the program.
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NDIS like winning lottery: Murphy
PEOPLE have nothing to fear from the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a man with 24 years of industry experience has said.
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Nothing will stop James
JAMES Hamilton is like any other 27-year-old. He wants a job, to get married and have his own family.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme: Ballarat to join initial rollout with start date of early 2017
Ballarat and the Central Highlands will be in the initial rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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Independent woman awaits NDIS in Bendigo
For Bendigo woman Emma Johnson, the NDIS is much more than a bunch of letters – it’s the promise of leading and fuller and more independent life.
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Griffith woman welcomes NSW NDIS announcement, but says planning must start now
A Griffith woman who has campaigned for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) says it will bring great relief to families when implemented.
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Warrnambool disability services welcome NDIS rollout
DISABILITY support groups in Warrnambool have welcomed the announced rollout of the life-changing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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Top disability services unite as NDIS prompts new plans
TWO of the region’s top disability services are in the process of merging.
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NSW, Victorians to get NDIS from July 2016
More than 200,000 Victorians and NSW residents with a disability will start getting national disability insurance scheme packages from mid-2016.
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NSW, Vic sign on to NDIS funding
More than 200,000 Victorians and NSW residents with a disability will start getting national disability insurance scheme packages from mid-2016.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull signs first agreements for full roll-out
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signed agreements with New South Wales and Victoria to proceed with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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Young people with disabilities forced into nursing homes due to lack of alternative accommodation
DEBBIE Sawyer is set to become a grandmother this year, but her joy is tinged with sadness because her first grandchild will have to visit her in a nursing home.
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Advocates Call for NDIS Roll Out Plans
Not for Profit NDIS advocacy campaigners have launched an online action urging supporters to email their State or Territory Disability Ministers calling on them to release their National Disability Insurance Scheme roll out plan as a matter of urgency.
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Free classes to boost disability workers ahead of NDIS shakeup
Larissa Williams says her job is driven by a single motivation: “If I’m not there, who is going to do it?”
Williams works as a teacher’s aide for disabled children, and spends her day in a classroom heading off tantrums at the pass, and assisting with the basics of life, toileting and eating. So children can learn.
“I just like being able to help,” she says.
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Victoria and New South Wales strike disability scheme breakthrough
Victoria has reached a landmark agreement with Canberra to permanently fund the national disability insurance scheme, quashing any doubts that it could be delayed by the cash-strapped Abbott government in an effort to repair the budget.
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‘Midnight ambush’: NDIS board members discover they are being dumped via ad
Board members on the National Disability Insurance Scheme were given a “midnight ambush” when their jobs were advertised in a national newspaper before they were told, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says.
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Disability experience ‘essential’ to NDIS
The federal government expects the new board of the national disability insurance scheme to have some lived experience of disability.
It has also invited those board members whose terms expire next year to reapply for their positions.
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NDIS full rollout plan still underway
The federal government insists a missed deadline on a plan to roll out the national disability insurance scheme does not mean it will be put off.
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Not enough employment opportunities for people with disabilities in NDIS
The age and disability commissioner Susan Ryan is in Queensland today for the Human Rights Commission’s national inquiry into workplace discrimination.
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NDIS failing to house people with a disability
Concerns are rising that the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) has overlooked the importance of housing in its service provision.
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