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NDIS Self-advocacy Learning Hub for people experiencing mental health issues

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
Wednesday 10th May, 2023
The Learning Hub contains resources to help people with experiences of mental health issues advocate for what they want under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It is free to
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Budget clearly signals ‘NDIS is here to stay’, with more to do on housing and economic security

People with Disability Australia
Tuesday 9th May, 2023

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Treasurer’s assurance that ‘the NDIS is here to stay’ in his budget speech. However, tonight’s budget has more to do on housing and…

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Media Release from the Minister – Participants to have greater say through supported decision making

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…

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Media Release from the Minister: Getting the NDIS back on track

NDIS
Tuesday 9th May, 2023

The Government is getting the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back on track by improving outcomes for participants and ensuring the sustainability of the Scheme for future generations.

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Budget Signals NDIS Is Here to Stay, More Work on Housing and Security

Mirage News
Tuesday 9th May, 2023

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Treasurer’s assurance that ‘the NDIS is here to stay’ in his budget speech. However, tonight’s budget has more to do on housing and…

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NDS Urges Sector Sustainability in NDIS Budget Measures

Mirage News
Monday 8th May, 2023

Peak body for disability service providers National Disability Services (NDS) has called for a vibrant disability sector to be maintained as part of the 2023-24 Federal Budget measures to manage…

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Joining NDIS in early days paved Ben’s pathway to paid employment

NDIS
Sunday 8th May, 2022

Winnie and Gary Andrews jumped at the chance to have their son Ben join the NDIS during early trials in the Hunter region of New South Wales in 2014. It…

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Gippsland family builds accessible house to keep son living with disability out of aged care

ABC News
Monday 8th May, 2023

An eastern Victorian family has built an accessible home and hopes to be reimbursed by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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NDIS participants say their funding — and taxpayer money — is being tied up in unnecessary bureaucracy

Nas Campanella, Evan Young and Mary Lloyd
ABC
Friday 5th May, 2023
But replacing her worn-out cushion was far from a simple process. "I was accepted onto the scheme for my cerebral palsy. The NDIA knows I have cerebral palsy. They know
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The government says NDIS supports should be ‘evidence-based’ – but can they be?

Kobie Boshoff
The Conversation
Thursday 4th May, 2023
The term “evidence-based practice” comes from the medical field, mostly from research trials with a clear cause-and-effect relationship. But this narrow idea of what evidence is can be problematic when
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NDIA chair Kurt Fearnley on ‘fundamental’ reform of the disability scheme

Politics with Michelle Grattan
The Conversation Podcast
Wednesday 3rd May, 2023
The federal government is trying to contain the exploding cost of the landmark National Disability Insurance Scheme – especially difficult given the fears of vulnerable people who rely on it.
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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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