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Todd Winther
DSC
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) has gone through a period of significant change, particularly as to testing a participant’s eligibility. More participants are going through an already rigorous process, only for
Fashion Journal
Tuesday 1st March, 2022
I’m literally a neuroscientist, and I am finding it challenging to find love. Online dating can already be intimidating and confusing, and even more so for people with disability. As
Amber Crossthwaite
Business News
Saturday 26th February, 2022
the NDIS was created as a job creator and economic driver, but is increasingly viewed through the narrow prism of cost.
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Thursday 24th February, 2022
Jannine Scott says funding had been ‘life-changing’, but now feels every time she interacts with the NDIA ‘it’s combative rather than supportive.’
Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Thursday 17th February, 2022
Sometimes it seems like the fight against ableism boils down to little more than making sure not to offend disabled people. It certainly helps make disabled people’s everyday lives better
Andy Park
ABC RN Drive
Friday 18th February, 2022
Senate Estimates heard the agency overseeing the NDIS spent almost $22 million on external legal fees in the past financial year with complaints to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal increasing 400
Emily McPherson
Nine News
Thursday 17th February, 2022
Given his physical struggles, Mr Patterson said he was shocked when his application for a disability support pension (DSP) – backed up with doctor's letters - was rejected by Centrelink
Jewel Topsfield
The Age
Saturday 19th February, 2022
“It was very frustrating,” Jordan says. “The ideal is perfectly level access where you don’t need to rely on a driver to put down a ramp, you just drive your
Laura Spinney
Nature
Wednesday 16th February, 2022
Influenza, polio and more have shown that infections can change lives even decades later. Why the complacency over possible long-term effects of COVID-19?
Rachel Clun
SMH
Thursday 17th February, 2022
The agency running the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) spent nearly $22 million on external legal fees in the last financial year as the number of tribunal complaints about the
Hillary Harper
RN Life Matters
Thursday 17th February, 2022
Australians with autism, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities have spoken out about having their NDIS funding reduced, after receiving letters determining the payments weren't "value for money". NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds
Emma Myers
ABC News
Sunday 13th February, 2022
Rock legend Jimmy Barnes says the issue of inaccessibility doesn't just affect disabled fans, but artists living with disability as well. He says he's lucky to have his daughter Elly-May,