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Paul Sakkal
The Age
Wednesday 24th April, 2019
Maryke quit her job to effectively train herself to become an occupational therapist for Billy, who is now 15 months old. She does hours of rehabilitative exercises with her son
Norman Hermant
ABC News
Saturday 20th April, 2019
He has spent almost 18 months fighting to repair the works at his home, west of Ballarat — which were done without a building permit. Mr Saville said the frustration
Kristian Silva
ABC Radio Melbourne
Monday 15th April, 2019
A disabled Melbourne boy, whose request for an electric wheelchair was held up by bureaucratic red tape for two years, will finally receive funding for a new one, a week
Kristian Silva
ABC Radio Melbourne
Thursday 11th April, 2019
The 15-year-old has been in the same mechanical wheelchair for about seven years. His parents have been trying to organise an adult-sized chair for two years that would allow Elias's
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 28th March, 2019
Disability groups are demanding that the Morrision government keep any unspent National Disability Insurance Scheme money within the scheme, after reports emerged the funds will be used to boost the
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 3rd April, 2019
Disability groups have welcomed the federal government’s $528 million pledge for the disability royal commission but say a multi-billion dollar underspend of National Disability Insurance Scheme funds in the budget
Inga Stünzner
ABC News
Tuesday 26th March, 2019
The letter from the NDIS outlines that the funding for core supports can be used to "explore and participate in community-based activities of interest and to develop, build and maintain
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Advocacy services are being swamped with people needing help appealing their National Disability Insurance Scheme plans, disability groups have warned in the wake of new funding to the sector.

Laura Davy and Ariella Meltzer
The Mandarin
Thursday 21st March, 2019

This body of evidence indicates that effective policy implementation requires strong recognition of the importance of relationships to achieve policy outcomes – even in a system focused on individual choice…

Fran Connelley
pro Bono News
Tuesday 5th March, 2019
In times of massive change it is an organisation’s culture that holds it together or splits it apart. It is culture, not pricing, that should determine the working environment: whether
Sophie Meixner and Tara Cassidy
ABC Tropical North
Sunday 3rd March, 2019

The parents of a quadriplegic man say they were left “distraught”, “broken”, and “completely traumatised” by the process of obtaining funding through the NDIS, which they say unnecessarily extended their…

Caroline Riches
Community Care Review
Wednesday 27th February, 2019

Disability service providers are failing to connect with people from non-English speaking backgrounds because many are unsure of the support available or don’t know how to access it.