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Urgent calls to simplify access and raise youth rate of DSP

David McManus
Disability Support Guide
Saturday 22nd April, 2023
“With access to inclusive education still very limited, discrimination in hiring practices, and disability employment services that often fail to meet individual needs, young people are disadvantaged on many fronts
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Shorten backs ‘ethical’ automation for NDIS assessments

Brandon How
InnovationAus
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
Government Services minister Bill Shorten has called for the greater use of data and automation in National Disability Insurance Scheme assessments as long as an “ethical framework” is in place.
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The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme

Helen Dickinson
The Conversation
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
While much of the attention on the scheme is around Tier 3 supports, a major driver of costs is a lack of investment in Tier 2 services. If we do
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Automated NDIS assessments to stay but with “human element”

Jeremy Nadel
iTnews
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
Shorten said there was no inherent issue with using automation technology and data analysis in NDIS operations, as long as it was used ethically and transparently. "Automation and using data
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NDIS ‘reboot’ will include more staff, cost crackdown, longer-term plans and shonky services purge, Shorten says

Jake Evans
ABC
Tuesday 18th April, 2023
Mr Shorten said there was still "more good than bad" in the scheme, but he outlined a six-pronged plan to overhaul the NDIA, including a lift in staffing, longer-term care
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NDIS clients claim a disability advocate charged their plans for non-existent services

Rory Callinan and Laura Lavelle
ABC
Monday 17th April, 2023
When she checked her sons' accounts, she saw charges for services she says they had never received involving therapy providers she had never heard of. One invoice of nearly $2,000
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How cognitive diversity in AI can help close the disability inclusion gap

Yonah Welker
World Economic forum
Monday 17th April, 2023
However, existing social bias, historical exclusion and insufficient research and data sets pose a challenge for the successful development and implementation of cognitive diversity policies.
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Speak My Language (Disability)

Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW in partnership with all Ethnic and Multicultural Councils across Australia
Tuesday 18th April, 2023
This resource involves hundreds of people from culturally diverse communities talking about living well with a disability in 24 languages. The power of storytelling is harnessed through podcast and radio
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Government Services minister Bill Shorten addressed NDIS concerns at Press

Hon Bill Shorten
National Press Club
Tuesday 18th April, 2023

The federal government is foreshadowing an overhaul of the national disability insurance scheme. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten warns the scheme has lost its way and needs a reboot. In his…

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NDIS Minister National Press Club Address and what you might have missed (it’s scary!)

Dr George Taleporos
Linkedin
Tuesday 18th April, 2023
At today's National Press Club Address Minister Bill Shorten made some important announcements and reminded me why I have such deep respect for this man and gratitude for his commitment
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Social Security (Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension) Determination 2023

Federal Register of Legislation
Saturday 1st April, 2023
The Determination 2023 sets out the rules decision-makers must use when assessing a person’s work-related impairment for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) under the Social Security Act 1991. A number
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Ableist attitudes: Take our quiz to understand disability bias –

Amanda Morris and Chris Alcantara
Washington Post
Wednesday 12th April, 2023
Can you recognise when you’re being ableist? Even well-meaning people can exhibit unconscious bias against people with disabilities. Read each example and think about how you would typically react to
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