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Women With Disabilities Australia
Friday 27th September, 2024
Monday 7th October, 2024

Our Foundational Supports Survey is your chance to share your insights and experiences with disability supports outside the NDIS. Your feedback will help us advocate for the services you need…

Office of Public Advocate
Thursday 29th August, 2024

OPA’s Supported Discussions Project is about diversion from guardianship in appropriate matters. The voice of people with lived experience of disability is at the heart of the project. The project was…

Office of the Public Advocate
Sunday 4th August, 2024

This video focuses on decision making as a human right, and how all adults have the right to make decisions about how they live their life, and to be supported…

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Tuesday 20th February, 2024

This article is a part of a series exploring the inner details of the NDIS Review recommendations and there have been few as controversial as mandatory registration. Recommendation 17 of…

Flinders University
Wednesday 1st November, 2023

Flinders University has launched its supported decision-making toolkit and practical resources website for people with disability and the people who support them.

DIS
Monday 8th May, 2023

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants will have greater support to make their own decisions about their NDIS journey, with the release of the new Supported Decision Making Policy. This…

National Disability Insurance Agency
Wednesday 3rd May, 2023
The Supported Decision Making Policy takes a rights-based approach to assist participants to make decisions in the NDIS, while building the skills and knowledge of decision supporters, NDIA staff and
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Friday 24th February, 2023
Children with disability have a human right to participate in decisions about their lives. Parents, carers, educators, families and practitioners have a clear role to play in providing the support
Council for Intellectual Disability
Monday 13th February, 2023
Sammy, who has intellectual disability, talks about the relationship she has with her partner Ben.  She talks about how they make decisions together and the role of her parents in
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Tuesday 24th January, 2023

Supported decision-making needs to be implemented across all sectors to ensure people with cognitive disability are empowered to make their own choices, says a new report commissioned by the Royal…

Jessica Quilty
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Monday 30th May, 2022
The world of NDIS nominees and decision making is complex. If you are scratching your head a bit, wondering who can do what, you’re not alone. The first thing to
Disability Support Guide
The decision could be about a financial, health, legal, lifestyle, work related or other matter and the support is important because it gives people with disability choice and control over