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ABC News
Monday 2nd December, 2024

Starting primary or high school can be challenging for any child, but there can be extra difficulties for students with disability.  When done right and when they cater to students…

DSC
Wednesday 27th November, 2024

The next NDIS Bill will focus on changes to quality and safeguarding and the NDIS Commission’s compliance powers. Jess explores the 10 measures proposed in the NDIS Commission’s consultation paper.

ABC News
Thursday 28th November, 2024

It’s not easy steering a class of toddlers through early learning. Doing that while also ensuring children with disability get the support they need is even harder. Like thousands of…

ABC News
Friday 29th November, 2024

The way music and art therapies are funded through the NDIS is set to change. Practitioners say the change has been made without any consultation or explanation. Music therapists are…

ABC News
Friday 29th November, 2024

A program in Western Sydney is providing swimming lessons for kids with disabilities amid concerns of high drowning rates among children.

Advocacy for Inclusion
Friday 29th November, 2024

Advocacy for Inclusion has warned of risks and unwanted consequences from the Federal government’s social media ban proposal for children and young people under 16 saying the ban could see…

Women with Disabilities Australia
Friday 29th November, 2024

WWDA are proud to join the 16 Days of Activism with a social media campaign dedicated to addressing the key issues experienced by many women, girls, and gender-diverse people with…

Australian Government
Friday 29th November, 2024

The Australian Government has published the 2022 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards) Final Report and Government Response. The Final Report and Government Response,…

People with Disability Australia
Friday 29th November, 2024

PWDA joined the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian agencies and the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC), and 18 disability and…

DFFH
Friday 29th November, 2024
Friday 20th December, 2024

The Victorian Government is helping more disability workers to deliver services in regional and rural Victoria. It is doing this by providing financial support to complete a course in disability….

PWDA
Friday 22nd November, 2024

On Friday 22 November the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) released new information on Short Term Accommodation (STA) and Respite. The NDIA’s information provides a broad overview of eligibility for…

DSC
Friday 22nd November, 2024

The new NDIS legislation outlines circumstances when the NDIA might raise a debt against participants or providers. Chris explores when this might happen, the criteria for the NDIA to waive…