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The NDIS: 12 Months On in Dubbo
12 Months into the Scheme, and Dubbo is reaping the rewards The National Disability Insurance Scheme was introduced in Dubbo twelve months ago and the region is feeling positive and optimistic about the benefits the community has received "The NSW economy continues to...
The Cost of Mission
NDIS Funding & The Affordability of Disability Services An article recently posted 'The Cost Of Mission' discusses the issue of affordability of providing services against the funding that is on offer from the National Disability Insurance Agency through the...
Restrictive Practices under NDIS
Quality and Safeguarding under NDIS Providers are obligated to take all reasonable steps to facilitate the development of a Behaviour Support Plan when it becomes apparent that a participant they are working with has complex behaviour support needs or that a...
New Committee for the UN Convention
European Disability Forum on Gender Imbalance at the UN Gender Imbalances Tipped On It Head at the UN The disability movement has like most of society been calling for addressing the gender imbalance in the United Nations Committee for the Rights of Persons with...
The NDIS: Will it Stack Up?
The NDIS and What Will It Mean? The disability sector used to be described as underfunded, unfair, fragmented and inefficient. As the NDIS now rolls out across Australia, why are we still hearing the same phrases? Any system that supports people in my opinion will...
Disability Service invites Convicted Sex Offender
Sex Offender Invited for Lunch The idea of inclusion and comradery went a little too far on this early Winters DayA disability service provider in the Hunter Valley Region, Lifestyle Solutions, once again came under the spotlight this week for an unusual gaffe. This...
Frustrated Providers are De-Registering
NDIA Providers De-Registration Frustrated Providers are considering de-registration amid continuing issuesHours of un-billable times are being spent by small businesses to get answers from the NDIA, often each service getting different answers, with the added...
New Test to Target Anti-Depressant Medication
New Test for Antidepressant Medication C-Reactive Protein test via Finger-Prick may hold answers to drug therapyNew blood testing for depression markers is now giving more targeted choice of medication response to people. A test still in the experimentation phase...
Concerns over NDIA Funding Cuts for People with Autism
Autism Advocacy Groups Concerns for NDIA Funding Community Concerns that NDIA is shrinking the eligibility into the schemeThe eligibility requirements are being tightened after a blowout in the amount of families seeking support for clients with Autism and the...
NDIA Accomodation
NDIA and Accomodation Choices Community Concerns that NDIA may force people into shared accommodationDisability Groups have let it be known that they have concerns that people who receive funding under the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be forced to live...
