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Nine News
Saturday 12th March, 2016

Less than half of Australia’s disabled students are supported by the appropriate funding at their schools, with a new report showing about a fifth of the country’s school kids have…

DARU
Friday 11th March, 2016
This session was a conversation with Fleur Campbell, Senior Project Officer, DHHS Office for Disability. The Q&A is a standing agenda item for this forum series.
Annie Blatchford
Croakey
Tuesday 1st March, 2016

That was the message in this Croakey #Periscope discussion between Deakin University’s Dr Patsie Frawley and Women with Disabilities Victoria Executive Director Keran Howe at last week’s National Research Conference…

Nine news
Wednesday 2nd March, 2016

The federal government is concerned that disability advocates will use the courts to seek further wage rises of intellectually disabled people, which it says could leave them worse off.

Ellen Ebsary
The Border Mail
Tuesday 1st March, 2016

It was hurdle after hurdle for Tegan Allen to make it through high school. The legally blind Everton resident said a lack of understanding from some peers and staff made…

DARU
Thursday 10th March, 2016
Toni Van Hammond, Assistant Director - Engagement & Community Strategy, NDIA Barwon office, explained the role of an NDIA planner and took us through what happens during the planning process.
This panel provided different perspectives of the NDIS appeals process and included Kylie McCutcheon, NDIS participant and AAT complainant, James Keith , Geelong Area Advocate, Coordinator of SPSP, EMRS Support

Disability advocacy can and should play a role in supporting people to plan and argue for the NDIS supports they need.  This session was part of the advocacy Sector Conversations…

Miki Perkins
The Age
Sunday 21st February, 2016

Dual disability can be crappy for many reasons. For those with the diagnosis, it’s tough enough having a brain that doesn’t seem to work as efficiently as everyone else’s. It’s…

Rachel Browne
Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday 25th February, 2016

In a report to be released on Friday, the panel, which comprised a range of academics, teachers and advocates, backed the best practice intervention for young children, which can cost…

Helen Dickinson
Right Now
Monday 22nd February, 2016

The introduction of the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will progressively roll out countrywide from July of this year, has meant that barely a day goes by…

Victoria Legal Aid
Friday 21st August, 2015

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the provisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, and the relevant rules and operational guidelines which govern decisions about ‘reasonable and necessary supports’…