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COVID-19 preparation must include people with disability

Mirage News
Wednesday 11th March, 2020
“We call on the Federal Government to urgently update the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 to include the needs of people with disability. In addition,
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Urgent calls for targeted COVID-19 response for people with disability

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 16th March, 2020
Australia needs a targeted response to coronavirus for people with disabilities and the disability service sector, experts warn. Leading health and disability researchers say people with disability are a vulnerable
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List of issues for people with disability – COVID-19

Disability Peak Bodies
Friday 20th March, 2020
Monday 21st December, 2020
Call for immediate proactive response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Australians with disability. The following is a list of issues that need to be addressed urgently to ensure the wellbeing of
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Disability RC reveals important medical history

El Gibbs
Eureka street
Monday 2nd March, 2020
Over and over the last two weeks, the same words echoed. They didn’t listen to me. They didn’t see me. They didn’t think I was worth helping.
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Calls for coordinated approach as NDIS access issues continue

Anastasia Tsirtsakis
RACGPP
Friday 6th March, 2020
Senators heard at an estimates hearing that the National Disability Insurance Agency is still working through 16,000 unopened email enquiries.
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Toowoomba mum tells royal commission she was urged to abort disabled son

Catholic Leader
Saturday 29th February, 2020

Ms Mitchell’s testimony at the third public hearing held in western Sydney this month has been one of many to shine a light on the challenges of getting treatment for…

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Doctors say they cut corners to help ‘forgotten children’ with disabilities access NDIS funding

Stephanie Dalzell and Michael McKinnon
ABC Online
Friday 14th February, 2020
Frustrated doctors have admitted to cutting corners to ensure children with disabilities can access government funding sooner.
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GPs’ role in navigating the NDIS continues to be overlooked

Amanda Lyons
RACGP
Tuesday 10th December, 2019
One of the major issues Associate Professor Davis has encountered with the NDIS planning process has been a lack of communication between practitioners and the scheme, which can result in
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Medicos dismissing concerns of intellectually disabled people

Rhett Burnie
ABC AM
Monday 2nd December, 2019
Experts are shining new light on the reasons why so many Australians with intellectual disabilities are dying from potentially avoidable deaths at a young age. Those living with an intellectual
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People experiencing homelessness struggling to navigate the NDIS

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 16th October, 2019
During a session at the Victorian Homelessness Conference, panellists from across the social sector discussed how the NDIS was catering to people with disability who were homeless or at risk.
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NDIS struggling to accommodate people with psychosocial disability

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 7th October, 2019
People with severe mental health issues are having their National Disability Insurance Scheme funding cut because the system does not account for the episodic nature of psychosocial disability, a new
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Young people with disabilities are trapped in nursing homes

Bronwyn Morkham
SMH
Sunday 8th September, 2019
It is hard to live your life surrounded by death. That is the confronting challenge facing around 6,000 young people with disabilities who are in Australian nursing homes. One young
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