Structuring the NDIS around principles of choice and control recognised that not having those things puts people with disability in more vulnerable situations. That’s true for support workers, too.
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Practical reforms are on the table when it comes to disability housing. But there are also potential traps that won’t promote choice.
Many people in the disability community are distressed by the plan to register all NDIS providers. There could be a more nuanced approach that preserves their wishes.
Washer-dryers and Thermomixers might not seem like disability supports at first glance. But excluding them from NDIS funding could limit the independence of people with disability.
Although the NDIS Review set out a five-year timeframe for reform, many of the items within this bill are needed to modify the NDIS Act and to allow for changes to take place.
If states and territories agreed to share the cost of foundational supports in December, why are they baulking now?
Women are under-represented as NDIS participants and over-represented as carers. But the NDIS review ignored them.
The disability royal commission and the NDIS review have called for consistent accessibility standards. That could improve inclusion, health and wellbeing for people with disability.
One fundamental issue has been that NDIS access requires disability to be proven and permanent. NDIS review recommendations could help resolve the mismatch between this and the recovery model.
Both the royal commission and NDIS review recommendations say big changes are needed so people with disability can live where and with who they want – and be free from abuse, neglect and exploitation.
The NDIS review found a lack of clarity about what supports should be considered ‘reasonable and necessary’ was at the heart of many of the scheme’s problems.
Bill Shorten joins us on the podcast today to discuss the recent NDIS report and how he sees its path forward in modern Australia.
5 disability experts tell us their initial thoughts about plans to reform the NDIS and make it sustainable
Ahead of Thursday’s release of the review into NDIS, the states have agreed to provide more and expanded services for people with disability in exchange for an extension of the GST top-up.
What fell away when the NDIS was rolled out? And what are the chances of such services being revived?
We’re getting better at early identification and adult diagnosis has contributed to NDIS numbers. But functional impairment is likely to be given greater emphasis in the NDIS reboot.
Currently, when someone turns 65 they are not eligible to apply for NDIS support, even if they had disability before then. We asked experts if that should change.
In this podcast, Greens Senator and disability advocate Jordon Steele-John, who campaigned for the Royal Commission, joins The Conversation to give us his take on the report.
The new Quarterly Essay weaves personal history and detailed policy analysis, examining the unintended consequences of the NDIS, and how we can best realise the scheme’s original intent.
Parents are their child’s first and most important supports. Parents and carers of children with disability need help to maximise this relationship – and the NDIS should provide it.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Disability Program, Grattan Institute
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Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow, Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Director, Griffith Inclusive Futures, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University
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Research Associate, Casual Academic, PhD Candidate, Flinders University
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UoM-BSL Principal Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Wollongong
