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Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 17th February, 2023

When Ashleigh Keating worked as a primary school teachers’ aide, she would very rarely tell the teachers she supported she was autistic, even though her students often had the same…

Summer Foundation
Friday 10th February, 2023

We first met Daniel almost a decade ago, when he lived in a nursing home. Last year, Daniel moved into his own SDA apartment.

Stephanie Convery
The Guardian
Saturday 28th January, 2023

When Rosalie Dow moved into transitional housing in Melbourne with her two young children in 2013, she thought it would only be for a few months. Dow’s son, Mayer, was…

Kathy Stevens
WA Today
Tuesday 22nd November, 2022
The cost to restore not just Maddison’s funding to what was “reasonable and adequate” but restore funding for all those people with disabilities before the tribunal, is a pittance in
Sam Nichols and Kirsti Melville
ABC Earshot
Thursday 17th November, 2022
But this all changed earlier this year, when Kim learned that Oscar's funding had been cut, drastically reducing his access to the support and care he'd relied upon. "It just
Michael Atkin
ABC 7:30
Thursday 1st January, 1970
When the National Disability Insurance Scheme was created, then prime minister Julia Gillard said it would provide security and dignity to millions of Australians. More than half a million Australians
Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian Australia
Sunday 31st July, 2022
Melanie Stephens is caught up in Administrative Appeals Tribunal case after being denied funding for a device to help Ella communicate. “I am literally fighting for her voice, that the
Richard Glover and Nas Campanella
ABC
Friday 24th June, 2022
For the ABC's National Disability Affairs reporter Nas Campanella, who is blind and lives with a neurological condition, figuring out how to navigate motherhood has been a wild ride.
Cathy Van Extel
RN Breakfast
Monday 13th June, 2022
The case of a young Victorian woman with a history of self harming associated with her intellectual disability highlights failings of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Shaniah Greenhill, 25, has
Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian australia
Friday 13th May, 2022
“We went to the AAT last time to actually obtain adequate services for him. Then 12 months later, at the review, the services then deemed “reasonable and necessary” by the
Pat McGrath and Sarah Curnow
ABC 7:30
Tuesday 10th May, 2022
Kerriene Minjoot never felt like her blindness was a barrier to her succeeding at work, until she joined the very government agency tasked with improving the lives of Australians with
Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian Australia
Saturday 7th May, 2022
Many have been forced to close their books. Waiting times for an AAT decision have blown out. “It’s more like civil litigation, going up against lawyers,” says Toby’s advocate, Belinda