Many people who are dissatisfied with the scheme have reported they couldn’t find care providers to deliver their funded and approved plans.
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The Productivity Commission has described the roll-out to the full scheme as “highly ambitious” and expresses concern it risks not being implemented as intended.
They've been deeply affected by austerity, so it's more important than ever for people with learning disabilities to have their say on June 8.
Urine samples can pick up some types of illicit drugs but can’t say whether that drug use affects someone’s ability to look for work.
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The proposal to drug test welfare recipients needs to be fine-tuned otherwise the government will be targetting the wrong people and be tied up in legal challenges.
Improving the lives of people with autism through technology has benefits for us all and encourages society to take a more inclusive view of disability
Contrary to what some may believe, Indigenous Australians suffer musculoskeletal pain. They just seek less help.
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We know predators will continue to target the vulnerable, including children and people with disability. The NDIS will mitigate some of the issues in this space, but we need a royal commission too.
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New rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.
A study has for the first time provided a detailed profile of who mental health carers are and what they do.
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A new study has for first time placed a dollar value on how much it would cost the government to replace those who unofficially care for family members with mental illness.
The NDIS is designed to provide personalised support to all Australians with a disability.
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By excluding prisoners from the NDIS, the federal government is discriminating against prisoners with a disability in direct contravention of our international human rights obligations.
Disabled campaigners take to the streets of London to demand rights in 1995.
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There has been little recognition of how western governments furthered separation of families with disabled children, through immigration policies that ignored postwar humanitarian ideals.
New research has found that 15.7% of women and 7.1% of men have experienced economic abuse in their lifetimes.
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Shared ownership schemes can unlock access to suitable housing, although these are less common in Australia than overseas. And most are not specifically tailored for people with disability.
South Africa lacks a clear definition of disability – and its limited view of who should be regarded as having a disability in the labour market is at odds with international practice.
It’s not enough just to enroll disabled students at universities. They need particular support.
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