Tried and Tested?
Late 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.
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University of Queensland students join the fight to make the NDIS work
The 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.
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New national guidelines for the diagnosis of autism
Last 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.
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Get Us Out
Last 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.
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Just Get On With It
Markets, 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.
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Dylan Alcott Wins Sixth Grand Slam, but No One Is Allowed to Watch.
“They told me I had to play on an indoor (court) and spectators weren’t allowed.” Alcott said. Read on to find out more.
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Western and South Western Sydney kick off our Make It Work forums
Our first “Make It Work” forums took place in Sydney a few weeks ago and were a great success. Read on to find out more.
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People With Disability And Technology: Australian Human Rights Commission Panel
The Australian Human Rights Commission held its Human Rights and Technology Conference in Sydney yesterday.
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Q&A Disability Special
ABC’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.
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NSW says – we’re in!
New South Wales has become the first state to sign up to the full roll out of the NDIS.
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Autism and the NDIS – what is going on?
There 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.
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NDIS review system can no longer be ignored
The 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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South Australians with disability and their families demand action after delay announcement
South Australian people with disability and their families demand action following today’s announcement by the government and NDIA that there will be significant delays to the rollout of the NDIS in South Australia.
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Disability advocates alarmed as the NDIA breaks its silence on disability housing
You may have missed it last week with all the fuss about the government’s decision to walk away from the increase to the Medicare Levy to fund the NDIS, but the National Disability Insurance Agency finally broke its silence on the future direction of disability housing in the NDIS.
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Disability Reform Council – Project Plans and Working Groups
There’s a lot happening at the moment, so you may have missed yesterday’s announcement from the Disability Reform Council.
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What the Minister for Social Services says…
We know everyone has lots of questions about the news this week that the Government has decided to scrap its plans to fund the NDIS through an increase to the Medicare Levy.
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Leaving us hanging on the line?
The National Disability Insurance Agency will contract multinational Serco to run the NDIS call centre
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The AAT and why what they say is important
Many people don’t know where to turn when they have a problem with the NDIS. Sam Paior from The Growing Space explains what happens when an NDIS review goes the next step – to the AAT – and why we should all be paying close attention to why those AAT decisions are so important.
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Fund it and Fix it hits Canberra
The word is out in the halls of Parliament – we need to fund and fix the NDIS.
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AMA’s urgent call to fully fund the NDIS welcomed by disability campaigners
The Every Australian Counts community welcomes demand by the Australian Medical Association for bipartisan support for a fully funded NDIS via a 0.5% increase to the Medicare levy.
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Rest in Peace Kai
The Every Australian Counts community has been rocked by the very sad news this week that we have lost one of our earliest and most passionate NDIS Champions.
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