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NDIS is a bureaucratic nightmare

Leith van Onselen
Macro Business
Thursday 12th July, 2018
The managers of Australia’s $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been slammed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for being “slow”, lacking transparency and being “bloody-minded”. From The
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Sex workers offer intimacy and connection for disabled clients in the age of the dating app

Sarah Matthews
ABC News
Thursday 12th July, 2018
Oliver Morton-Evans has sought the services of sex workers over the years, because dating can be especially tough for anyone with a disability. Despite having tried "every dating app out
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Dylan Alcott Doesn’t Follow His Destiny, He Shapes It

Dan Williams
Men's Health Magazine
Wednesday 11th July, 2018
“I spent the first three-and-a-half years of my life in hospital but the best thing my family did was never to wrap me in cotton wool,” says Alcott, who on
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Man battling cancer and Centrelink raises social media storm

Paul Carter
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 10th July, 2018
The ordeal of a father battling bowel cancer and Centrelink at the same time is setting social media ablaze, prompting a crowdfunding appeal and an outpouring of rage on Facebook.
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VCOSS Governance Healthcheck

VCOSS
Wednesday 11th July, 2018
This free online tool has been developed to asses your organisation's governance, fine-tuning already great organisations. The Governance Healthcheck looks at board structures and policies, and financial structures, including financial
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The tragedy of improving educational outcomes for children with disability

Julie Phillips
Pro Bono News
Monday 9th July, 2018

How many reports must be published for the Department of Education to deem students with disabilities worthy of the same care, consideration and human rights as other Victorian students, asks…

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Disabilities in prison – a horror story in our backyard

Stephen Keim
Independent Australia
Friday 6th July, 2018
As the report confirms, many people with disabilities, through lack of support, find themselves on a pathway to prison and they are treated badly when they arrive being deprived of
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Reasonable and Necessary: Making Sense of the NDIS Series 2

George Taleporos
Summer Foundation
Friday 6th July, 2018
In this second series, Dr George talks about different topics including self management of your NDIS Plan, support coordination and the relationship between the health system and the NDIS. The
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Recognising Restrictive Practices

National Disability Services
Thursday 5th July, 2018
This resource is a set of short films and accompanying guide that explore the use of restrictive practices and encourage disability support workers and supervisors to reflect on and talk
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Our Right to Safety and Respect

Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV)
Tuesday 3rd July, 2018
The resource aims to provide women with disabilities information about how to identify violence and abuse and how to get help to feel safe. The resource was made for and
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Bureaucratising disability

Anonymous
The Saturday Paper
Monday 2nd July, 2018

Back in the day, before the National Disability Insurance Scheme arrived in our area, my son was supported by the community mental health system – a network of services focused…

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Meet Michelle Roger, the social media identity making people think differently about disability and fashion

Rachael Lucas
ABC Gippsland
Monday 2nd July, 2018

Fashionista and social media identity Michelle Roger began her blog Up and Dressed as an incentive to get herself out of bed in the morning and ready for the day.

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