The Federal Government says it "wants answers" on the death of disability care recipient Ann Marie Smith in what police described as "degrading circumstances", as pressure mounts on federal and
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
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
This is a recurring report. Part F, chapter 15 includes Services for People with Disability. This chapter reports on the Australian, State and Territory governments’ assistance provided to people with
The DSC (Disability Services Commissioner) 2018 annual report and review of disability service provision to people who have died 2017–18 was tabled in Victorian Parliament on the 19/12/2018.
In this lecture Professor Tom Shakespeare - a leading disability expert in the UK and Europe, talks about how new models of social care can facilitate greater flexibility and freedom
This resource is a set of short films and accompanying guide that explore the use of restrictive practices and encourage disability support workers and supervisors to reflect on and talk
This project investigated the prevalence of persistent restraint and its predictors among individuals with a disability accessing residential services in Victoria. Taken together the results suggest that people who are
The Office of the Disability Services Commissioner held a conference called Preventing and Responding to Abuse: Guidance for Victorian disability service providers’ on 12th September 2017. It was well attended…
Lynne S. Webber, Ben Richardson, Kathryn L. White, Padraig Fitzpatrick, Keith McVilly & Sheridan Forster
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, DOI: 10.3109/1366825
Wednesday 17th May, 2017
Mechanical restraint refers to the use of materials or devices to restrict the behaviours of a person with a disability, where the restraint is neither for therapeutic purposes or required
