Author: Blue Knot
Posted January 29, 2021
Complex trauma-related dissociation underlies diverse presentations to health professionals and is often not detected. This means that many people do not receive appropriate responses and care. These Practice Guidelines for Identifying and Treating Complex Trauma-related Dissociation are for clinicians who work in a range of roles, come from different disciplines and have received diverse training but who want to enhance their ability to recognise and work with people experiencing complex trauma-related dissociation.
Author: Victoria Government
Posted January 28, 2021
The National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) will start on 1 February 2021. The NDIS Check is a way to ensure that people who work with NDIS participants do not present an unacceptable risk to participants.
Source: RN Life Matters
Author: Erica Vowles
Posted December 17, 2020
If you live with disability, sexual intimacy can become less straightforward and, if the barriers are significant enough, you might need some assistance from trained professionals. The NDIS has sought to change its rules to invalidate a Federal Court decision that granted one woman living with MS the ability to use NDIS funding to pay for sex workers. This discussion has thrown a spotlight on the rights and sexual needs of people with disability.
Author: Office of the Public Advocate
Posted December 14, 2020
Community Visitors are volunteers who play a vital role in safeguarding the rights of people with disability and fostering their inclusion in the community. This is an annual report that identifies a range of issues critical to the safety, treatment, care and human rights ofVictorians who, due to their disabilities, require 24-hour care in state- regulated or managed services. The challenges presented by the pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns, required service provision to pivot to remote contact by phone or video when prevented from visiting disability group homes, mental health units and Supported Residential Services (SRS) in person. Facilities could only be attended in person for 65 per cent of the year due to lockdowns.
Source: Parliament of Australia
Author: Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Posted December 14, 2020
The report provides an update on the committee’s recent activities and makes 10 recommendations to improve the NDIS for participants, providers and other key stakeholders. The activities focus on independent assessments and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Parliament of Australia
Author: Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Posted December 14, 2020
This is an interim report which makes 14 recommendations to address key issues facing the NDIS workforce. The committee will continue to consider these issues next year and intends to present a final report on the NDIS workforce to Parliament in 2021.
Author: DARU
Posted December 8, 2020
DARU courses are designed primarily for advocates working within funded disability advocacy organisations to supports skill development for providing human rights based advocacy practice. However everyone is welcome to give them a go. The courses are: Available online free of charge Structured with self paced modules that you can complete at your convenience unaccredited but … Continued
Author: Sophie Yates, Helen Dickinson, Catherine Smith & Massimiliano Tani
Posted December 3, 2020
This research abstract reports on a survey of over 700 families that explored how Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supported children and young people and their families to learn remotely during COVID‐19. The results suggest that participant experiences varied widely, with some people able to make the changes they required and others left with a significant service gap. This shows that individual funding schemes are not necessarily more flexible than traditional systems in an emergency situation.
Author: VicRoads
Posted December 3, 2020
A pilot of the new Accessible Parking Permit (APP) Scheme and online administration system is underway. They replace the previous Victorian Code for the Disabled Persons Parking Scheme and individual council administration systems. From Monday 30th November, residents and organisations located in limited Council areas who require a new permit or need to renew or replace their current permit will apply online through the new system. It is anticipated that the remaining Victorian councils will transition to the new Scheme and APP Online Service in 2021.
Source: Commonwealth of Australia
Author: Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Posted December 1, 2020
For years, participants, advocacy groups and the sector have been calling for reform in the planning arena. This inquiry, including the committee’s interim report tabled in December 2019, and the Review of the NDIS Act and the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee (Tune Review) make broad-ranging recommendations to address long-standing issues with the planning process. committee made 14 recommendations in its interim report and it makes another 42 recommendations in this final report. These recommendations are intended to bring greater transparency, consistency and accountability to how the NDIS is administered and implemented.
Source: Aged Care Royal Commission
Author: Honourable Tony Pagone QC and Lynelle Briggs AO
Posted December 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest challenge Australia’s aged care sector has faced. Those who have suffered the most have been the residents, their families and aged care staff. The report is the result of a hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety into the impact of COVID-19 on aged care, which was held in Sydney from 10 to 13 August 2020.
Source: VALID
Author: Kevin Stone
Posted December 1, 2020
Yet, the NDIA have already decided that independent assessments will go ahead and that they will be mandatory. They have not done the research or evaluation necessary to prove that independent assessments will work for people with intellectual disability, particularly for people with multiple disabilities and people with complex support needs. The NDIA have not answered our questions about how independent assessments will be used to determine an individual’s support needs.
Author: Disability Royal Commission
Posted December 1, 2020
The report makes 22 wide-ranging recommendations in light of evidence from people with disability, advocates, experts and government representatives during the Royal Commission’s fifth public hearing held in August. Chair Ronald Sackville AO QC said it was clear that official lines of communication had failed between decision-makers and people with disability, leaving them feeling “forgotten and ignored”.
Author: NDIA
Posted November 30, 2020
This booklet helps communities understand and apply for the NDIS, with translations available in local indigenous languages and with the art of different local indigenous artists featured.
Posted November 20, 2020
Allied health professionals play an important role in delivering the NDIS. The framework develops the skills and knowledge of allied health professionals to better provide high-quality, person-centred support that promotes choice and control for people with disability and complex support needs.
