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Regulated restrictive practices for children and young people

Therese Morgante
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Thursday 15th April, 2021
The CYP guide is based on the conditions outlined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 and has been developed “to acknowledge that children
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Disability advocates welcome move to pause independent assessments

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 15th April, 2021
The Morrison government has decided to delay introducing mandatory independent assessments for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in a move strongly welcomed by disability groups.
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Floods can worsen inequality. Here are 4 ways we can ensure people with disabilities aren’t left behind

Jodie Bailie, Jo Longman, Michelle Villeneuve, Ross Bailie, Veronica Matthews
The Conversation
Saturday 17th April, 2021
Disasters like flooding can worsen social inequalities around health and housing. For people with disability, however, the effect can be especially profound.
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The restructuring of the NDIS

Rick Morton.
The Saturday Paper
Saturday 17th April, 2021

A secret taskforce set up to cut costs and reduce access to the NDIS is the tip of the iceberg in a suite of plans to dramatically reshape the scheme.

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NDIS cost-cutting taskforce told to reduce growth in participants and spending

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Tuesday 13th April, 2021
The agency that runs the national disability insurance scheme has quietly established a new taskforce aimed at cutting growth in funding packages and participant numbers. Guardian Australia has obtained an
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‘Unethical’: NDIS participants ‘lured’ into trials

Denham Sadler
Innovation Aus
Thursday 8th April, 2021
The NDIA is inviting existing participants to take part in the pilot through text messages, cold calls and emails, with offers of $150 in exchange for participation. The text messages
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‘No intention’: Reynolds dumps draft proposals to cut diagnosis-based NDIS funding

Andrew Taylor
SMH
Sunday 11th April, 2021
New National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister Linda Reynolds says she has “no intention of excluding Australians from the scheme” on the basis of their diagnosis, appearing to dump radical reforms
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Overview of responses to restrictive practice issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 13th April, 2021
Restrictive practices limit a person’s rights or freedom of movement and come in various forms. Seclusion, such as locking someone in a room, using restraints like handcuffing someone to a
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Overview of responses to employment issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Monday 12th April, 2021
Disability Employment Services (DES) were singled out and concerns were raised about their design and implementation. Some responses said the very service that was established to help people with disability
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Out of the rainbow glitter closet’: Push for workplaces to hire more neurodiverse staff

Sarah Basford Canales
Canberra Times
Tuesday 13th April, 2021
She felt the reason it took so long for her to gain employment after being open about her diagnosis was because of the negative preconceptions hiring managers had about it.
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Independent Assessments on pause… for now!

Sara Gingold
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Thursday 15th April, 2021
The new NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds has announced her intention to pause the roll out of Independent Assessments (IAs). Reynolds says that IAs will not be rolled out until second
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Dear Minister Reynolds…

VCOSS blog
Thursday 15th April, 2021
It’s a big day – your first Disability Reform Ministers Meeting with your State and Territory counterparts. Many matters will require shared leadership, decision-making and coordinated implementation by the Commonwealth,
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