Twenty advocacy groups are concerned a desire to save money could see an end to the scheme’s ‘individualised approach’. Dougie Herd, who helped campaign for the NDIS, said the mandatory
This Issues Paper is specifically prompted by concerns that the NDIA’s proposed model of mandatory independent assessments will reinforce the growing inequalities in the Scheme. Instead of improving access and
Coalition says NDIS change is ‘streamlining’ but critics say it is cost-cutting exercise The changes have sparked widespread backlash, including from a coalition of 25 disability advocacy groups which this
The signatory organisations urge the National Disability Insurance Agency to commit to halting the currently proposed reforms and rebuilding them with an end-to-end process directly involving people with disability, in
Currently there are more than 4,300 younger Australians living in an aged care facility; most of them are with disability. But the Aged Care Royal Commission says by 2025, no
Given our ageing population, the number of Australians with mobility issues is expected to almost double from 3 million to nearly 6 million within 40 years. In about a month’s
The disability royal commission needs a dedicated First Nations hearing to investigate the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system, Indigenous leaders say.
The lack of testimony from people with disabilities comes amid ongoing concerns over the way the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has been
Disability advocates are worried not enough is being done to help members of their community to navigate through Australia's justice system - that includes victims, witnesses and perpetrators. It's the
We’ve all been worried for a while now about what changes were going to be made this year to the legislation that governs the NDIS. Well yesterday the Minister for
A disability royal commission report in December found that the federal government failed to make any significant effort to consult with people with disability or their representative organisations during the
“This is an issue of human rights. People with a disability have the right to seek sexual expression. It is also vital that they remain in control of making decisions
