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Fears NDIA will force people into shared accommodation settings

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 14th May, 2018
The NDIA recently released a Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Provider and Investor Brief, outlining the agency’s latest policy position for disability housing. The brief indicated that only a “very small
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Family frustrated over NDIS as they grapple with caring for father with rare form of dementia

Liz Hobday
ABC Online
Monday 14th May, 2018
Ms Boileau said she has been trying to get home modifications and nursing support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for 18 months. She would like a sliding door
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Explainer: how much does the NDIS cost and where does this money come from?

Helen Dickinson
The Conversation
Tuesday 8th May, 2018
These are difficult questions to answer because we lack high-quality data about the extent and nature of disability in Australia. The information we do have is based on predictions, and
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We can’t just leave it to the NDIS to create cities that work to include people with disability

Ilan Wiesel, Brendan Gleeson, Carolyn Whitzman, Ellen van Holstein, Professor Christine Bigby
The Conversation
Monday 7th May, 2018
For the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be successful, our cities will need to change. Our new research explores the impacts that the NDIS is having on Australia’s cities. A
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Patients lives at risk after NDIS funding redirected, Mental Health Victoria says

Liz Hobday
ABC Online
Monday 7th May, 2018
A woman with bipolar disorders says she feels "cheated" after discovering she is no longer able to access mental health support because her illness is not considered a lifelong disability.
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Australia needs lasting consensus on NDIS funding

Bruce Bonyhady
Pro Bono News
Friday 4th May, 2018

People with disability, their families, carers and advocates deserve the certainty of a National Disability Insurance Scheme which is sustainable, writes Bruce Bonyhady. Fortunately, a blueprint for the best way…

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Unfair NDIS transport funding causing chaos for participants

Luke Michael
ProBono News
Friday 4th May, 2018

Unfair and inconsistent transport funding under the National Disability Insurance Scheme is causing chaos for participants, a community transport peak body has warned.

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People with disability demand action to fund and fix NDIS

Wendy Williams
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 2nd May, 2018

Grassroots advocacy group Every Australian Counts has released data from a survey of more than 2,200 NDIS participants, their families and sector workers, about what they think needs to change…

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Performers with disability reflect on the state of access in Australia’s arts

Hannah Reich for The Hub on Stage
ABC Online
Tuesday 1st May, 2018
Findlay, a writer, spoken-word performer and "appearance activist", has recently taken up the new post of inclusion coordinator for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Her goal for her three-year tenure as
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Domestic violence victims suffer ‘shocking’ rate of brain injury, report finds

Stephanie Ferrier
ABC Online
Monday 30th April, 2018
While the victims were most often women, the report found nearly one in three of the victims were children — and one in four of them had sustained a brain
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Ban on plastic straws has unintended consequences for people with disabilities who rely on them

Eden Faithfull
ABC Online
Wednesday 25th April, 2018
Plastic straws are in the sights of environmental campaigners, but the push to ban this simple product could have unintended consequences. Utensils such as plastic straws serve an essential role
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Setting up special disability trusts

Richard Press
Money Management
Monday 23rd April, 2018
Parents and immediate family members will often seek to provide financial assistance to help a disabled family member. One option can be to establish a Special Disability Trust (SDT).
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