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“It’s not that hard”: Making events more accessible for the disability community

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 1st April, 2019
A disability advocate says event organisers must do more to meet the access needs of people with disability, arguing a little thought can go a long way to stop attendees
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Intellectual disability advocates’ $50m push to improve medical care

Helen Davidson
The Guardian
Monday 1st April, 2019
Carers say health procedures are made more difficult because of doctors’ lack of understanding. The issue, said the council’s senior advocate, Jim Simpson, is primarily a lack of training among
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Advocates ask, why are NDIS funds not being used to fix the scheme?

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Disability groups have welcomed the federal government’s $528 million pledge for the disability royal commission but say a multi-billion dollar underspend of National Disability Insurance Scheme funds in the budget
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Autistic Australians are being locked out of the workforce, study finds

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Thursday 28th March, 2019
A study commissioned by autism peak body Amaze, and described as an Australian-first by its authors, surveyed the employment experiences of those living with autism and their carers, as well
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Fighting for the rights of Australians with disability

Professor Keith McVilly
Pursuit
Wednesday 27th March, 2019
Geoff Bell was a pioneer in the Australian disability rights movement and his archive shows how far we’ve come in 40 years, and how far we have yet to travel
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Government pledges to remove young people from nursing homes

Luke Michael
Pro bono News
Friday 22nd March, 2019
The federal government will help young people with disability in aged care facilities to move into homes of their choosing, as part of a new national action plan. The government
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NDIS denies deaf man $10k for hearing aid upgrade, grants him $15k for coffee and social outings

Inga Stünzner
ABC News
Tuesday 26th March, 2019
The letter from the NDIS outlines that the funding for core supports can be used to "explore and participate in community-based activities of interest and to develop, build and maintain
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More help required for older Australians with disability accessing My Aged Care

Nicole Pope
Aged Care Guide
Wednesday 20th March, 2019
Ms Dowling is calling on the Commission to establish a thorough review into the engagement of older Australians with disability who are already accessing My Aged Care and those on
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Disability advocates gear up to fight for more than the NDIS

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Australia’s disability policy beyond 2020 must focus on more than the National Disability Insurance Scheme and actually be implemented, advocates say in the lead up to a community consultation period…

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Advocacy groups struggle amid growing NDIS waiting lists

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Advocacy services are being swamped with people needing help appealing their National Disability Insurance Scheme plans, disability groups have warned in the wake of new funding to the sector.

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Supporting NDIS participants’ interpersonal relationships

Laura Davy and Ariella Meltzer
The Mandarin
Thursday 21st March, 2019

This body of evidence indicates that effective policy implementation requires strong recognition of the importance of relationships to achieve policy outcomes – even in a system focused on individual choice…

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National Disability Strategy is ‘piecemeal’ rather than strategic

Diane Nazaroff
UNSW News Room
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

The National Disability Strategy (NDS) has important goals but it isn’t addressing the issue of violence and it is being overshadowed by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a report…

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