“It's been so difficult historically for people with disability and families to get heard and be treated like their concerns are worthy and important enough to consider”
Functions which were to be conducted by staff with delegations could not be outsourced: delegation for decision making remained within the agency. Processes as well as functions needed to be
Connor Brookhouse spent two years fighting the National Disability Insurance Agency for funding that would allow him to live independently. After knocking him back twice, the agency finally agreed to
Mary Sayers, chief executive of Children and Young People with Disability Australia, said the organisation was calling for federal funding for the plan to be created and rolled out over
Our new research found specialist housing, that incorporates technology and communication tools, improves independence, health, well-being and community integration. New disability housing has enormous potential to improve the effectiveness of
“We have to go for an internal review and if that’s not successful, we will have to go to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. More costs, more stress, more waste, more
Fictions and omissions have distorted and weaponised commentary over the NDIS in this election period, and in fact since the scheme was established. Here we see the greatest fiction told:
Ms Foreman has been involved with Every Australian Counts since the beginning and was one of the first people in Australia to receive an NDIS plan. She says one of
Naomi Anderson, principal solicitor at Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service in Geelong, said calls to the practice about "significant and unexpected cuts" had ramped up over the last six to
We need more people in Parliament with lived experience of disability; who understand what the disability community needs because they’re literally a part of it. We need the disability minister
As disabled people, we are too often overlooked, underestimated and dismissed by non-disabled people. Too often we’re met with a “good on you champ”, or there’s a unique type of
Dozens of lawyers have quit the agency that runs the National Disability Insurance Scheme in recent months as the organisation comes under pressure for spending tens of millions of dollars
