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Occupational therapists (OTs) have been in the spotlight this month after the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) froze NDIS payments for these services at $193.99 per hour for the sixth year. The NDIA also cut…
The NDIS Support Lists are under review, with the Department of Social Services inviting feedback on what stays in and what stays out. Chris unpacks what’s in the lists, how…
ECIA VIC/TAS calls for urgent NDIS Pricing reform to sustain quality early childhood intervention services and therapy supports in schools for children and families
Zaiden Dyball’s parents had spent years searching for the right therapists. The five-year-old, who has a rare disability, had recently started taking assisted steps with the help of in-home therapy…
Costs must be reined in – and this can be done in a way that ensures disabled Australians can get the help they need. The scheme cost nearly $42 billion…
I write this opinion piece as a non-disabled person commenting on the context of disability and education. As such, I’m taking up space online and in readers’ minds — and…
With three children on National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plans, parents Stacey and Mark Anderson are among many regional Australian families bracing for major disruption. From July 1, new NDIS…
The National Rural Health Alliance has called on the Federal Government to reconsider NDIS pricing changes due to take effect soon, warning that they will have wide-ranging harmful impacts, including…
This week, the National Disability Insurance Agency released its 2024–25 Annual Pricing Review. From July 1, 2025, the NDIS will introduce sweeping pricing reforms: slashing fees for psychologists in four…
When a support worker bent Jessi Hooper’s customised manual wheelchair trying to force it into a car boot, the physical damage was only the beginning.
Imogen, who lives with intellectual disability, is unable to have scans without sedation and was told to wait five months for a CT scan of a concerning growth in her…
After a critical meeting on Friday, state Health Ministers have agreed to take over responsibility for providing psycho-social supports for most children under nine, restricting the NDIS to those with…
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