Around 30 per cent of Australian children impacted by domestic violence have a disability. Australian children with disabilities are experiencing disproportionate rates of domestic and family violence and being failed
The board’s new chair has declared his goal to rebuild “a thriving NDIS” that puts people with disability in positions of power “centred around choice and control”. This should mean
More patients with a disability who have been medically cleared but are stuck waiting in hospital for a NDIS plan will be able to go home earlier, with the Andrews
Minister Shorten said home and living supports remained a focus of the Government and was a key issue discussed at recent meetings with state and territory disability ministers. The Australian
This shift, that recognises the urgent need to get more disability expertise on the board, is very welcome and very overdue. The last few years have seen the NDIS move
“I think it’s important that the participants of the NDIS get to see themselves in this organisation and trust with the organisation itself is a visceral thing,” he told reporters
This week the disability royal commission heard tales of abuse and neglect from people with disabilities in youth detention and adult prisons. One woman described being constantly dropped while being
Amy Marks had to wait for hours on the floor of her "inaccessible" Melbourne apartment after she fell while reaching for a glass. Marks can't reach her kitchen cabinets and
"They made the restriction not whether you had your disability before the age of 65, but what age you were when you applied," Mr Freckleton said. "There are various forms
A new independent body will review thousands of outstanding national disability insurance scheme legal appeals in an attempt to “cut the bullshit” for participants and applicants, the NDIS minister, Bill
“[I] aim to destigmatise and normalise disabled bodies and the lived experience of people with disabilities and hopefully, further innovate accessible design and cross-disciplinary practises,” she said.
