For the more than 700,000 participants and their families relying on the revolutionary National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), 2026 is shaping up to be another transformative year as the government…
A 22-year-old northern Tasmanian man with a disability was incorrectly told he’d have to pay a fee to change the name of his support worker on a ticket. After an…
The Albanese government has offered to delay the start of a new program for early intervention autism services and provide budget top-ups for smaller states, part of efforts to secure…
A new Federal Court decision has confirmed that a person with early access to an Aged Care package is eligible for the NDIS. This decision matters because the NDIA has been rejecting…
This interactive workshop is designed to provide you with the knowledge and practical skills to understand and write effective social stories. Social stories, also commonly known as social scripts or…
Here are some resources from our Advocacy Toolkit session in October 2025 with the Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC) on Consumer Law and the NDIS. Unfortunately the zoom recording of…
Hundreds of group homes face closure as an eight-year $2.1 billion Victorian funding agreement comes to an end. Almost 2,000 people with severe disability may be forced to move. As…
The pathway to reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is littered with obstacles. Among the biggest challenges is the federal and state governments agreeing on responsibility and funding for…
Jarrod Sandell-Hay is a Specialist Individual Advocate working in Communication Rights at Disability Rights & Culture (DRC) in Victoria. He is offering secondary consultation to disability advocacy organisations to clients
What a difference a few years makes. In 2021, the disability community rejoiced when independent assessments — a controversial set of reforms spearheaded by the Coalition — were declared “dead”. Labor…
Liz Tesone’s family love to swim. They organise day trips to the beach, swim in the local pool, and holiday at the Victorian coastal town, Inverloch. Tesone is the CEO…
On Wednesday 3 December 2025, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) hosted A Voice of Our Own, its second International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) national online conference created by and for people with disability. The…
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