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National Disability Insurance Scheme only works if people can navigate the system, woman says

Hannah Laxton-Koonce
ABC News
Monday 13th May, 2019
Wendy Arentz says she is proof the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) can work if you can advocate for yourself. But Mrs Arentz was adamant that her success with the
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Disability and Relationships – The misconceptions of being your partner’s carer

Eliza Hull
ABC Life Matters
Monday 6th May, 2019
Having a disability and being in a relationship can be complex. However, most of those complexities come from the assumptions of other people. This podcast series explores these complexities. Audio
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Why housing is a major public health issue for Australians with disability

Zoe Aitken and Mellissa Kavenagh, University of Melbourne
Pursuit
Monday 13th May, 2019
Access to adequate, safe, secure, accessible and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But in Australia, right now, housing disadvantage is impossible to ignore, and the situation is particularly
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Few plans, fewer workers: How the system is failing disabled people living in the bush

Rhiannon Stevens
ABC Goldfields
Saturday 11th May, 2019
When Paul Fitzgerald built a house to retire in, he had no idea he would need to make it wheelchair-accessible by the time he moved in.
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My boyfriend’s ‘striking difference’ leaves me invisible in the community

Eliza Hull
ABC Life
Friday 10th May, 2019
People with disabilities still face widespread misconceptions and stereotypes that feed into attitudes and behaviour in the wider community. As a result, discrimination is part of daily life for many
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Man died of bowel cancer while waiting for disability support pension approval

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The guardian
Wednesday 8th May, 2019
The man, known as John to protect his privacy, was left to survive on Newstart as he battled stage 3 bowel cancer and had earlier attempted suicide after learning of
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Ask a policy expert: why is it so hard to get on the disability support pension?

Nijole Naujokas and Sydney Policy Lab
The Guardian
Tuesday 7th May, 2019
Sydney Policy Lab says: We looked into it and discovered that changes to the system over two decades had tightened the DSP eligibility and assessment conditions to such a degree
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Advocates blame NDIS failures as families give up severely disabled children to child protection

Richard Willingham
ABC News
Thursday 9th May, 2019

Children with high-needs disabilities are living in child protection because their parents can no longer look longer after them, with advocates blaming a lack of support from the National Disability…

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Lived experience is important but it shouldn’t be a deal breaker

Phil Hayes-Brown
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday 7th May, 2019
The chief of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has resigned and some advocates are calling for the new chief executive officer to be a person with a disability, someone who
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Living on the disability pension: ‘It’s like the slow dimming of the light’

Royce Kurmelovs
The Guardian
Tuesday 23rd April, 2019

Almost one-in-five Australians are living with a disability. Those with a mental health condition make up the largest group on welfare

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‘I cried a lot’: Mum’s despair at 11-month wait for NDIS funding for baby Billy

Paul Sakkal
The Age
Wednesday 24th April, 2019
Maryke quit her job to effectively train herself to become an occupational therapist for Billy, who is now 15 months old. She does hours of rehabilitative exercises with her son
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‘They thought I was an addict’: People with disabilities humiliated at Centrelink

Hannah Barry
Brisbane Times
Monday 22nd April, 2019
"I am blind and there is no electronic application form. How can I be independent? This is debilitating ... I don’t have a support person, family member, or a friend
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