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James Purtill
ABC News
Tuesday 31st October, 2017

At a time of record high youth unemployment, the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) may seem a blessing: it will require about 70,000 full-time equivalent workers over…

Dominic Cansdale and Kirsten Diprose
ABC Ballarat  
Thursday 26th October, 2017

While she has been on the Disability Support Pension for 10 years, Ms Irvine said her application to the NDIS was rejected because her illness is considered a medical condition,…

Finder
Wednesday 25th October, 2017

ANZ has today started rolling out its new Visa debit cards, which include a range of accessibility features to assist vision-impaired Australians with their everyday banking needs. The bankannounced the…

Damian Palmer
The Conversation
Wednesday 25th October, 2017
One such issue is that of letting participants view their draft plans for disability supports before they are finalised. The NDIS was set up to enable people with disabilities to
Cheryl Wilson, Deanne Allan, Tessa Osborne, Matt Owen, Fei Gao and Andrew Rodrigues
Australian National Audits Office
Thursday 19th October, 2017

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of controls being implemented and/or developed by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to ensure National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Fred Ohlsson
Bluenotes
Monday 23rd October, 2017
Australians may notice a new blue and gold addition to their wallets in the coming weeks as the Reserve Bank of Australia circulates the new $A10 note. And if you
Carly Nowell
VCOSS
Thursday 19th October, 2017
It also finds the NDIA’s approach to setting price caps to date has “hindered market development” by discouraging the provision of some disability supports. In some cases, this has “led
Unfitness to Plead Project
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
Thursday 7th September, 2017
Unfitness to plead laws in Australia have been widely recognised as requiring reform and modernisation. The Unfitness to Plead Project sought to develop practical and legal options to address the
Miki Perkins
The Age
Thursday 19th October, 2017
In one home for people with disabilities, toilet paper was rationed. In another, a resident was left in the garden for two hours on a roasting hot day. He had
Lynne S. Webber, Ben Richardson, Kathryn L. White, Padraig Fitzpatrick, Keith McVilly & Sheridan Forster
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, DOI: 10.3109/1366825
Wednesday 17th May, 2017
Mechanical restraint refers to the use of materials or devices to restrict the behaviours of a person with a disability, where the restraint is neither for therapeutic purposes or required
AAP
SBS
Tuesday 10th October, 2017

The body representing Victorian independent schools has rubbished claims it is inflating student disability data to receive more funding.

Brigid Glanville
ABC News
Tuesday 10th October, 2017

A mother whose autistic son was strapped to a restraining chair in class was asked if she would prefer a “more aesthetically pleasing chair” when she confronted the school about…