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NDIS Participant Booklets

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Saturday 1st September, 2018
Three participant booklets are available to support people with disability and participants throughout their NDIS journey. They are available for download in PDF, Word and Easy English and include Booklet
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Report: Need for regulation of mobility scooters, also known as motorised wheelchairs

Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and transport
Parliament of Australia
Thursday 20th September, 2018
The inquiry has determined that there is considerable agreement around the need to develop less complex, nationally consistent rules and regulations relating to the use of motorised mobility devices. Based
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Report: Market readiness for provision of services under the NDIS

Senate Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS
Parliament of Australia
Thursday 20th September, 2018

The challenges for both participants and service providers to transition to a market-led service delivery model cannot be underestimated. Creating a participant enabling environment and developing a competitive marketplace is…

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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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Empowered Lives: Securing Change for Victorians with Disability

VCOSS
Monday 10th September, 2018
Empowered Lives outlines the key systemic issues facing Victorians with disability in their interactions with Victorian Government systems, and sets out achievable actions the Government can take to provide more
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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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Introduction to Disability Advocacy Online Course Promo

DARU
Friday 24th August, 2018
This brochure is the promotional flyer for DARU's online course 'An Introduction to Disability Advocacy'. This course will introduce you to the human rights framework, the basics of disability discrimination
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