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Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic report

Disability Royal Commission
Monday 30th November, 2020
The report makes 22 wide-ranging recommendations in light of evidence from people with disability, advocates, experts and government representatives during the Royal Commission’s fifth public hearing held in August. Chair
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ABC’s Nas Campanella tells her story of a confronting encounter on a Sydney train

Fran Kelly
RN Breakfast
Monday 30th November, 2020
In a confronting and honest story, the ABCs disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella tells how she's been told she shouldn't exist because of her disability. She's sharing the story to
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The casting of learning disabled actors in The Crown is “extraordinary”

Edel Harris
Radi Times
Friday 27th November, 2020
The new series of The Crown is extraordinary in two ways. Not only does the storyline include Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, the Queen’s cousins who both had a learning disability,
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Getting started with the NDIS: Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants

NDIA
Wednesday 11th November, 2020
This booklet helps communities understand and apply for the NDIS, with translations available in local indigenous languages and with the art of different local indigenous artists featured.
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Disability, domestic violence a ‘catch 22’ as Indigenous children removed from mothers, royal commission hears

Nas Campanella
ABC News
Wednesday 25th November, 2020
Babies are being removed at birth from First Nations mothers living with disabilities, the disability royal commission has heard. Giving evidence in Brisbane, Ms Schwartz said she had witnessed the
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First Nations people with disability raise injustice, discrimination at RC

Disability Support Guide
Tuesday 24th November, 2020
“We are among the most seriously disadvantaged members of the Australian community, and are also experts on the impact of policies on us,” says First Peoples Disability Network Chief Executive
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Keeping the NDIS on track

Every Australian Counts
Wednesday 18th November, 2020
e NDIS Quarterly Reports have always had lots of interesting data on how the scheme is tracking. They allow people with disability, their families, organisations, even governments (shock horror) to
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COVID-19 face coverings mask the message

Dr Kelley Graydon
Pursuit
Monday 26th October, 2020
Many people experience hearing loss – from mild to disabling – but COVID-19 face masks are making communication even harder for people with hearing impairment
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Allied health Capability Framework: Disability and complex support needs

Allied health professionals play an important role in delivering the NDIS. The framework develops the skills and knowledge of allied health professionals to better provide high-quality, person-centred support that promotes
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Dylan Alcott’s newest venture serves up fresh food and jobs for people with disability

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Thursday 19th November, 2020
“I just thought, stuff it, I’m going to just employ people with disabilities top to bottom and show how good they can be within a workplace,” Alcott said. “We’re not
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Melbourne fraud network charged over $800,000 theft from Commonwealth

Mirage News
Thursday 19th November, 2020

Five members of an accused Melbourne crime syndicate have been charged with defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Child Care Subsidy of $800,000.

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What’s the NDIA been hiding?

Sara Gingold
Disability Service Consulting (DSC)
Monday 16th November, 2020
Have you ever suspected that the NDIA has a secret list of supports they consider ‘controversial’ or simply ‘no-go’ zones? Well, it turns out that up until the middle of
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