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New ‘radical history’ of disabled people’s movement ‘has lessons for today’

John Pring
Disability News Service
Thursday 18th July, 2019
The launch of No Limits: The Disabled People’s Movement, A Radical History, took place last Friday (12 July), and was attended by its author, Judy Hunt, on the 40th anniversary
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Meet the woman who spent 22 months applying for the Disability Support Pension

Luke Michael
Pro bono News
Thursday 18th July, 2019
The 23-year-old had been trying to get on the Disability Support Pension since late 2015, but it took her 22 months before she was even able to complete an application.
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Reading and writing assistance increases the chance of getting a Disability Support Pension July 16, 2019 5.42am AEST

Nary Hong
The Conversation
Tuesday 16th July, 2019
The Disability Support Pension is important in the lives of the Australians who receive it. Yet a huge proportion of claims for it are rejected. The largest non-medical reason given
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The internet thinks you’re a robot, and other ‘dark patterns’ people with disabilities face online

Ariel Bogle
ABC Science
Saturday 13th July, 2019
CAPTCHA security tests, or the "Completely Automated Public Turing Test, to Tell Computers and Humans Apart", are not always accessible to people with disabilities — sometimes putting them, ridiculously, in
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‘It is time for the NDIS to catch up’: Disability advocates call to fund access to sex work

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 12th July, 2019
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal this week ruled in favour of a woman with multiple sclerosis who applied for sex therapy funding in her NDIS plan, but was refused by the
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Woman with disability wins NDIS funding for sex therapist in ‘precedent-setting’ case

Norman Hermant and Emily Clark
ABC Online
Thursday 11th July, 2019
For the first time, a person with a disability has won the right to have a sex therapist paid for under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), but advocates say
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Disability advocates slam lack of accessible housing in push for universal standards

Jessica Clifford
ABC Nes
Monday 8th July, 2019
Disability advocates have renewed their push for local councils nationwide to ensure that new housing is universally accessible to address what they describe as a critical shortage of accommodation.
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NDIS funding deal to help people with disability avoid lengthy hospital stays

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 4th July, 2019
Young people in nursing homes and others stuck in hospitals and aged care facilities will be among those to benefit from a new agreement that gives National Disability Insurance Scheme
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Tibi Is Educating The Music Industry About Venue Accessibility For Everyone

Gabrielle Zgrajewski
Scenestr
Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
Dina Bassile and her business Tibi have moved to Melbourne to continue her services to provide education and access consulting to festivals, venues and artists on accessibility in venues.
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DSP & Me: Your guide to the Disability Support Pension

Disability Resource Centre
Tuesday 2nd July, 2019

Disability Resources Centre in partnership with Social Security Rights Victoria recently ran a training day for Disability Advocates around Disability Support Pension applications, processes and appeals. They have launched resources…

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Report highlights deep-rooted inequality in NDIS

Shannon Jenkins
The Mandarin
Friday 28th June, 2019
Males and people with higher incomes are more likely to benefit from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) than other demographic groups are, according to a new report.
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Narina Carter’s rare disease causes her disability, but NDIS says no to funding

Claire Lindsay
ABC News
Saturday 29th June, 2019

Narina Carter suffers from a rare genetic condition which causes her body to create faulty collagen.The condition — Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, or Ehrler’s-Danlos Syndrome — makes even the simplest of…

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