News and blogs

Ethan James
Canberra Times
Wednesday 30th September, 2020
Far too many people with a disability are denied choices about their accommodation, often leading to neglect and abuse, a royal commission says. It said a shift from large housing
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Thursday 1st October, 2020
People without a specific severe impairment who want to access disability payment are being forced to first do 1.5 years of job search
Raising Children
Monday 28th September, 2020
This broad suite of NDIS related content has been designed to support parents and carers of children with disability to navigate the NDIS. It has been developed in collaboration with
Mirage News
Monday 28th September, 2020
New data released has revealed the significant impact the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is having on young Australians with disability and their families.
Mark Fanell
Download This Show
Thursday 24th September, 2020
Whether permanent, temporary or as result of age, millions of Australians will experience a form of disability. How do we make tech more inclusive? Meet some of the innovators with
Olivana Lathouris
Nin News
Saturday 26th September, 2020
A Sydney healthcare professional has been charged and $5.3 million worth of assets restrained after allegations she used the National Disability Insurance Scheme to siphon money for personal use.
Declan Fry
SMH
Saturday 26th September, 2020
Our world is inscribed with expectations about who we are. (And the reader should prepare themselves, here, for some physical metaphors; they have long since become ableism's handy go-to.)
Michael McKenzie
RN Life Matters
Wednesday 23rd September, 2020
Is the disability support sector due for a shake-up? Social entrepreneur and product designer Melanie Tran wants to disrupt traditional models of support. And she's helping bring together young people
Australian Associated Press
Tuesday 22nd September, 2020
“We believe that if Oliver had not have had the labels of autism and intellectual disability attached to him, he would absolutely have not have been prescribed psychotropic medications,” McGowan
Rosemary Kayess and Therese Sands
University of NSW Social Policy Research Centre
Friday 18th September, 2020
This report was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. It investigates the early rights movement of people with disability, which “exposed
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Monday 21st September, 2020
These resources are designed to support NDIS providers to meet their obligations under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 and to develop effective incident management systems. They provide information
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Friday 18th September, 2020
The Hon. Alan Robertson SC was appointed to conduct an independent review into the NDIS Commission’s regulation of the provider of NDIS supports and services to Ms Ann-Marie Smith, an