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NDIS Practical Guides to support disability service providers

 NDIS Resource Library
NDS
Friday 21st September, 2018
This series of practical guides have been developed to explore key NDIS operational requirements in a format that is useful to service providers operating under the NDIS. Guides are available
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Products mocked as “lazy” or “useless” are often important tools for people with disabilities

S.E. Smith
Vox
Thursday 20th September, 2018
Unwittingly, critics of “useless products” are sitting at the core of a battle the disability community has been engaged in for decades: The right to live in their communities, and
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The use of disabled people as ‘inspiration’ is terribly dated

Louise Bruton
Irish Times
Tuesday 18th September, 2018
Having written about my disability publicly for the guts of nine years, I’ve come to learn that, under the guise of inclusivity, there’s also tokenism and the act of being
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An Australian perspective on UN disability development

Lisa Cornish
devex
Thursday 20th September, 2018
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will welcome Australia’s first female representative to the committee — Rosemary Kayess. “What I do is try to create
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‘They are not forgot, they are ignored’ Senator Steele John calls for Royal Commission to include disability care

Fran Kelly interviews Senator Jordan Still-Johns
ABC RN Breakfast
Wednesday 19th September, 2018
The horror stories of neglect and abuse of people in care are not confined to older Australians living in nursing homes. Last night, Greens Senator Jordon Steele John held the
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Aged care royal commission should include disability sector as well, argues Greens senator Jordon Steele-John

Alexandra Beech
ABC News
Tuesday 18th September, 2018
As the first person with a disability to sit in the Upper House, Senator Steele-John said he often heard of horrific cases of abuse in the disability sector. "We speak
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Disability advocates question scope of Royal Commission

Luke Michael
Pro bono News
Monday 17th September, 2018
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the royal commission on Sunday, and said it would primarily examine the quality of care provided in aged care to senior Australians, while also including
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Taking Action on Disability Discrimination

Disability Discrimination Legal Service
Friday 14th September, 2018
It is against the law for people to be treated unfairly because of their disability, unless there are particular circumstances. This booklet discusses the laws and processes that protect people
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The Housing Hub

Summer Foundation
Saturday 1st September, 2018
The Housing Hub is a new way for people with disability to find suitable housing. The Housing Hub advertises vacancies for all types of housing that may be relevant to
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Outrage after woman with profound disabilities told to pay back NDIS funds

christopher Knaus
The Guardian
Tuesday 4th September, 2018
A supreme court judge has issued a stunning public condemnation of the National Disability Insurance Agency, finding it tried to recoup funds with “no proper basis” from a woman with
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Report to the Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Attorney Generals Department
Saturday 1st September, 2018

Every four years, the Australian Government is required to report to an international Committee of independent experts known as the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to outline…

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Sex, technology and disability – it’s complicated

Phillippa Carnemolla
The Conversation
Thursday 30th August, 2018

People living with disability are largely excluded from conversationsabout sexuality, and face overlapping barriers to sexual expression that are both social and physical.

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