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A bold plan to resurrect Australia’s first horse-riding school for people with disabilities has been hatched after a charity controversially closed the centre earlier this year – a move one…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme has come under intense scrutiny in recent times, both for its cost and for how challenging some participants have found it to get support. Some…
Every July, during Disability Pride Month, disabled people and disability communities struggle with the same fundamental question. Are things really a lot better now for disabled people than they were
Dear DSC, As a provider delivering Core supports in a regional area, we’ve had mixed messages about whether we can deliver supports when a participant is in hospital. The participant
The Government is focused on building the capability of families and carers of children with disability or developmental concerns in early childhood and education and care settings through new resources…
The head of the organisation rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has admitted in Geelong that there is much to do to improve the scheme. National Disability Insurance…
Key Points The social model states that society is the primary cause of disability, so it is a social responsibility. A new study finds that social model beliefs about disability…
2022’s Merriam-Webster Word Of The Year was “gaslighting.” It’s both an apt term for a set of real and serious experiences, and an overused word that threatens to trivialize those
Professor Bruce Bonyhady is often described as the architect of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and is co-chair of the panel reviewing it. He spoke last week about the
Parents, teachers, and advocates breathed a sigh of relief as the Andrews Government announced its decision to preserve visiting teacher positions, which cater to students with disabilities in Victorian public…
The National Disability Insurance Agency is failing young children severely affected by autism by rejecting their claims for intensive support funding only to do an about-face after families have spent…
Hearing and vision-impaired Australians lack the accessible information they need to make an informed decision on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, advocates say.
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