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Have Your Say on Foundational Supports

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…

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Supported Discussions Project

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…

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Watch online – Decision making: A human right

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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Toolkit Boosts Decision-Making in Behaviour Plans

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.

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Supported Decision Making Policy

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
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Relationships and decision making

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
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Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making

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…

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Plan Nominees: All that you don’t know

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
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Why is supported decision making important?

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
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Guideline for appointing a nominee

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Thursday 7th April, 2022
If you’re 18 or older, you have the right to make decisions about your business with the NDIS. If you’re not able to make decisions, even with support, you will
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La Trobe Support for Decision Making Practice Framework: An online learning resource

Living with Disability Research Centre
LaTrobe University
Friday 1st November, 2019
Being able to participate in making decisions is a basic human right. The foundation of current approaches to providing support for decision making are that everyone has the right to
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Securing Their Future: Planning for the future when you care for a person with disability

Office of the Public Advocate
Monday 21st June, 2021
This guide has been created to help you put in place some safeguards to ensure the person with disability you care for is properly provided for, if something were to
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