The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts for the first time in a decade and wants to recruit one person with a disability. At a briefing held today,
Let’s be clear about one thing: in the conversation about NDIS legislative reform, sex work is a red herring. Redrawing the lines of reasonable and necessary would impact every single
Disability advocates are worried not enough is being done to help members of their community to navigate through Australia's justice system - that includes victims, witnesses and perpetrators. It's the
In December 2020, the NDIS Commission (the Commission) released some much welcome details on the national implementation of behaviour practitioner suitability assessments, which have helped paint a picture of how
'Mum’s a big advocate for the idea that children are not the chattel of their parents, but independent human beings with their own rights. She created the space for me
The Third Progress Report summarises the work carried out by the Royal Commission during the period 1 July to 31 December 2020 including conducting six important public hearings, despite the
I am concerned that the Access and Eligibility Policy with Independent Assessments paper will garner considerably less feedback than its planning counterpart, primarily because the people it is most likely
There are some big changes coming this year for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. A legislative update is due later in the year, including a service guarantee aimed at providing
We’ve all been worried for a while now about what changes were going to be made this year to the legislation that governs the NDIS. Well yesterday the Minister for
A disability royal commission report in December found that the federal government failed to make any significant effort to consult with people with disability or their representative organisations during the
Data provides useful information for designing supports and services that meet the situations, needs and goals of people with disability. However datasets are largely disconnected. The National Disability Data Asset
Late last year, the NDIA released their vision for a complete transformation of the NDIS planning process and asked us all for feedback.At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, if
