One of the applications rejected by the Federal Government was a project to improve disability access to Horsham's aquatic centre, in western Victoria, for upgrades that disability advocates rallied for
Disability advocate says figures from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission ‘are truly awful and sickening'. Australia’s disabilities services watchdog is fielding nearly 100 allegations of abuse or neglect a
In a desperate act of political damage control, the Liberal-National Coalition government last week belatedly released an official review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The report offered a
Authentic representation matters and when creators, writers and the TV networks get these stories wrong, it distorts how society views people with a disability.
The Morrison government has vowed to cut wait times and red tape for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants, after an independent review found people were confused and frustrated by delays
An independent review of the NDIS has found inordinately long waiting times, complex processes and a failure to grasp the needs of people with disability, the minister responsible for the
The problem with inspiration is its intangible quality. How to turn inspiration into habits and concrete change? Trading on inspiration also fails to appreciate wider obstacles and barriers preventing disabled
NDIS), which supports some of the nation's most vulnerable people, is plagued with serious delays and is frustratingly difficult to understand, according to a review.
Kristina Pahulu is looking forward to the new year as, after three years of battling to get assistance from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), her son is finally receiving
As a blind person myself, I am all too familiar with such dehumanizing treatment. Often persons with disabilities (PWDs) are treated differently, simply because we look, act, move or communicate
In the end, Gaele Sobott felt she’d be better off at home than at the evacuation centre. Gaele, who lives with muscular dystrophy and uses a mobility scooter, was visiting
The disability royal commission will resume next month as it works towards delivering its first major report in October. The next public hearings will be in western Sydney, looking at
