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The Conversations
Friday 21st February, 2025

When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013, one of its driving aims was to make disability services and support systems fairer. However, our new research shows…

Christian Daily
Friday 21st February, 2025

Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Australia, a Christian international development organization, has launched new online video resources to help Australian churches create a more welcoming environment for people with disabilities, mental…

Australian Disability Ltd
Friday 21st February, 2025

There is a real shortage of Auslan interpreters who know how to work with this Deafblind people. Australia’s National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) sets and maintains high…

Australian Disability Ltd
Friday 21st February, 2025

The deafblind community in Australia encounters distinct challenges in communication, often leading to feelings of isolation and misunderstanding. The combination of hearing and vision loss creates serious obstacles in accessing…

Crikey
Friday 21st February, 2025

Australia’s disability support agency has had its decision to deny a disabled man’s request for a ChatGPT subscription upheld, after the agency argued that the artificial intelligence service was poor…

SBS
Friday 14th February, 2025

Sam Galvin reckons he has the best job in the world. The Melbourne disability support worker helps people with acquired brain injury, mental health issues, and those with intellectual disabilities…

DSC
Friday 14th February, 2025

Foundational supports are meant to begin rolling out later this year. Sara from DSC explores the timeline, the inter-governmental conflict, everything we know about what the supports might look like,…

PWDA
Friday 14th February, 2025

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) the national cross-disability rights and representative organisation is deeply concerned that state and territory governments are delaying the rollout of foundational supports, leaving millions of…

ABC News
Monday 10th February, 2025

It’s something many parents will be familiar with. You’re out in public, when your child sees someone with disability and loudly blurts something out about why that person looks different….

ABC NEws
Friday 7th February, 2025

A family faces deportation to Indonesia after having their permanent residency visas rejected because of the expected cost of treating their son, who has cerebral palsy. Melbourne-born Jonathan has not…

CYDA
Friday 7th February, 2025

The Australian Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (ADS) must focus on the needs of children and young people with disability or risk entrenching inequality and poor outcomes. Children and Young People with…

People with Disability Australia
Friday 7th February, 2025

PWDA joined a coalition of 254 disability organisations and providers, including Australia’s peak disability representative bodies, to call for urgent action from the Government and the new Minister for the…