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More than isolated: the experience of children and young people with disability and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Helen Dickinson, Sophie Yates
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Friday 29th May, 2020
The main message of this report is that urgent action is needed to attend to the many inequities that people with disability and their families and carers face on a
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Disability support services: services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2018–19

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Friday 22nd May, 2020
In 2018–19, about 230,000 people used disability support services funded under the National Disability Agreement (NDA). Of these, 68% used the Australian Government’s open employment services. During the year, about
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Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19: Survey Results

People with Disability Australia
Friday 5th June, 2020
Australians with disability represent some of the most excluded of all Australians in relation to the impacts of coronavirus. At the same time, many people with disability are particularly at
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COVID-19 Insights: Towards just futures

Diane Brown
Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Lawrence
Monday 25th May, 2020
This research provides insight into the impacts of COVID-19 on people with disability and offers some directions for recovery post-COVID The COVID-19 pandemic poses immediate risks for people with disability
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Australian Disability Intermediaries Sector Report

Disability Intermediaries Australia
Thursday 30th April, 2020
This inaugural flagship report for the Intermediaries Sector exposes challenges within the operating and policy environment and features the results from the inaugural Intermediary Sector Survey which 461 intermediary service
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Supported Independent Living Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 13th May, 2020
The committee was very critical of how complicated and confusing the whole process was – and just how little had changed over the last few years. The report makes 45
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Human rights at the heart of response

United Nations
Guidance Note
While the COVID-19 pandemic threatens all members of society, persons with disabilities are disproportionately impacted due to attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers that are reproduced in the COVID-19 response. This
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Health‐related quality of life amongst primary caregivers of children with intellectual disability

UTS Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
Journal for Intellectual Disability Research
Sunday 15th December, 2019

Children with intellectual disability (ID) frequently have significant educational, social and health care needs, resulting in caregivers often experiencing a wide range of negative effects. This paper aims to determine…

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The future of the aged care workforce

Australian Government
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Thursday 27th February, 2020
The complete transcript from Friday 21 February, 2020 hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is now available to read.
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The future of the aged care workforce

Australian Government
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Friday 28th February, 2020
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has published the submission on the future of the aged care workforce made by Counsel Assisting at the Adelaide Hearing 3.
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Co-designing a peer support platform for people with low vision and blindness

Anthony McCosker, Zoe Teh, Milovan Savic, Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Swinburne Social Innovation Research Institute
Wednesday 29th January, 2020
This report evaluates the design and development of a prototype Peer Support Platform that aimed to address the information, linkages and capacity (ILC) building needs of people with low vision
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Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 Report

David Tune
Department of Social Services
Monday 20th January, 2020
The report makes 29 recommendations to improve the participant experience, including new standards and processes to support the delivery of the Participant Service Guarantee. It is available for download in
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