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NDIS Worker Screening Check

Victoria Government
Wednesday 27th January, 2021

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) will start on 1 February 2021. The NDIS Check is a way to ensure that people who work with NDIS…

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Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply

Dr Di Winkler and Alecia Rathbone.
Pro Bono News
Thursday 14th January, 2021

People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely limited options when it comes to finding somewhere to live. The growing specialist disability accommodation market is beginning…

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NDIS – Client Care Plans, the Appeal Process and Time Limits – Part Two

Joshua Dale
Insurance Australia
Friday 18th December, 2020
In considering any care plan for a participant careful attention should be given to the relevant categories of supports. In short those support categories include core supports, capacity building and
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NDIS – Defining What is Reasonable and Necessary – Part One

Insurance Australia
Tuesday 15th December, 2020
The Tribunal has emphasised that if the NDIA thinks that the information provided to it by an Applicant about their disability is insufficient, then the NDIA is under an obligation
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The right to sex when you live with disability

Erica Vowles
RN Life Matters
Thursday 17th December, 2020
If you live with disability, sexual intimacy can become less straightforward and, if the barriers are significant enough, you might need some assistance from trained professionals. The NDIS has sought
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Emerging disability housing market meeting appetite for impact investment at scale

Di Winkler
Pro Bono News
Monday 14th December, 2020
When fully rolled out, SDA payments are expected to total approximately $700 million per year. Building the scale of housing required for the SDA market has the potential to stimulate
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Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Monday 30th November, 2020
This guide explains what a restrictive practice is, assists in identifying each regulated restrictive practice and provides practice advice consistent with a positive behaviour support framework and contemporary evidence informed
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Report: General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020

The report provides an update on the committee’s recent activities and makes 10 recommendations to improve the NDIS for participants, providers and other key stakeholders. The activities focus on independent

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NDIS Workforce Interim Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
This is an interim report which makes 14 recommendations to address key issues facing the NDIS workforce. The committee will continue to consider these issues next year and intends to
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Opinion: legal representation for people with disabilities is shockingly low when appealing NDIS decisions

Vanessa Di Natale
The Mandarin
Tuesday 8th December, 2020
More than 75% of people with disabilities across Australia last year did not have legal representation at their NDIS appeals, according to data obtained under freedom of information from the
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Disability funding isn’t charity so stop making us beg for it’

Honey Nine
Sunday 6th December, 2020
How much funding a family receives depends on how well the family can advocate for themselves, how much supporting paperwork they have been able to collect from medical professionals, the
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People with disability fought long and hard for NDIS funding, now many fear it is about to change

Nas Campanella and Celina Edmonds
ABC News
Thursday 3rd December, 2020
Sue Grier has always worried about what might happen to her autistic son when she dies, but her concerns have grown due to proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance
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