This online resource about cerebral palsy has been created to bring people with CP, their families and wider circles of support, the most current, practical information resources promoting the health,
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
Wednesday 28th September, 2022
This report highlights implications for improving policy and practice across intersecting disability, child and violence domains. It begins to address one of the evidence gaps identified in the 2020 interim
In an NDIS environment where plan cuts are commonplace, low- and mid-cost assistive technology (AT) is a secret weapon for saving money and increasing people’s independence. Done right: it’s a
Despite this, support for Australians with ADHD is only available through the NDIS if an individual qualifies for the NDIS via a primary condition of autism and they meet the
Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott has urged policymakers and the public to listen to people with lived experience when it comes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). “For
The model litigant obligations (MLOs) of all Commonwealth agencies (including the NDIA) stem from the Legal Services Directions 2017, a legal instrument made by the Attorney-General under section 55ZF of
A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on free-to-air television for the blind and vision impaired community.
We also had no disabled role models in leadership positions. Growing up, I believed I could only be a disabled athlete or live on disability benefits — I felt I
The impacts are immense: there's up to a year-long wait for support services, with families struggling to find accessible housing or use disability support services while in crisis. Australia's child
Around 30 per cent of Australian children impacted by domestic violence have a disability. Australian children with disabilities are experiencing disproportionate rates of domestic and family violence and being failed
Thousands of people with disability have been forced to fight against cuts and changes to their NDIS plans with external appeals at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Minister for the
