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.
The Institute of Public Affairs says 425,000 more Australians are on welfare than in 2018, but it has double-counted some Australians and left out others.
The release of the draft National Autism Strategy is cause for celebration – but its terms of reference mean it might not meet the most urgent challenges facing autistic Australians.
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.
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.
While the latest poll gives the Labor government a comfortable lead, this is not supported by other polls.
The government seeks to end the year with a series of new announcements, but the ongoing crisis with the high court decision overshadows the government’s work.
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.
Over 20% of people diagnosed with brain cancer survive longer than five years. But the NDIS may not recognise their need for support to live, work, learn and play.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer Economics, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Centres for Business and Social innovation, and Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, University of Technology Sydney
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Peter Whiteford adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing; Professor, School of Disability Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
