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‘A human need’: Disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers

Judith Ireland
SMH
Saturday 7th September, 2019

Four of Australia’s major disability groups argue the NDIS needs a “sexuality policy” to cover a broad range of needs such as adaptive sex toys, services from sex workers and…

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Advocacy groups call for NDIS to fund sexual supports

Judy Skatssoon
Australia Ageing Agenda
Thursday 5th September, 2019
The position statement released by Disabled Peoples’ Organisations (DPO) demands a comprehensive national policy on sexuality and the NDIS, saying “governments have an obligation to ensure people with disability can
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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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Coalition of disability groups demand action on NDIS funding for sex services

Luke Michael
pro Bono News
Thursday 29th August, 2019
Disability advocates are calling on the Morrison government to develop a sexuality policy for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, warning that participants are being denied full autonomy over their own
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Jenny Macklin and the creation of the NDIS

Big Ideas
ABC Radio National
Thursday 15th August, 2019
Jenny Macklin held many social policy portfolios over her long political career. As Minister for Disability Reform in the Gillard government she ushered in the NDIS. Jenny talks about the
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NDIS problems plague parents of children with a disability

Caroline Winter
ABC AM
Thursday 8th August, 2019
It was meant to relieve the burden on families caring for children with a disability. But horror stories continue to emerge revealing how the National Disbility Insurance Scheme is failing
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Fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme: A look to the future of the NDIS

Sara Bice & Mmartyn Pearce 
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a significant policy. Launched in 2016, the NDIS provides support to Australians with a disability, their families, and their carers. But while it has
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Assistive Technology Talk – Wheelchairs, aids and devices

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Thursday 20th June, 2019
The panel discussed recent changes to Adaptive Technology (AT) processes and resources, how to prepare for an upcoming planning meeting where AT is needed, and how to escalate urgent AT
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Women, rural and disadvantaged Australians may be missing out on care in the NDIS

Eleanor Malbon and Gemma Carey
The Conversation
Thursday 11th July, 2019
In a survey of of economically disadvantaged people with a disability, 31% were not even aware of the NDIS. A further 41% had heard of the NDIS and were eligible
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‘It is time for the NDIS to catch up’: Disability advocates call to fund access to sex work

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 12th July, 2019
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal this week ruled in favour of a woman with multiple sclerosis who applied for sex therapy funding in her NDIS plan, but was refused by the
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Woman with disability wins NDIS funding for sex therapist in ‘precedent-setting’ case

Norman Hermant and Emily Clark
ABC Online
Thursday 11th July, 2019
For the first time, a person with a disability has won the right to have a sex therapist paid for under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), but advocates say
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NDIS funding deal to help people with disability avoid lengthy hospital stays

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 4th July, 2019
Young people in nursing homes and others stuck in hospitals and aged care facilities will be among those to benefit from a new agreement that gives National Disability Insurance Scheme
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