A group of National Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) believe the changes announced in Federal Parliament to amend the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, can only work if people with disability and our families, supporters, communities and organisations are front and centre in their design, with the appropriate foundations in place.
Closing date: April 19, 2024
This exciting new role is the opportunity for you to work in collaboration with people with a disability and their families to provide well informed facilitation of Circles of Support that is guided by Roles Based Practice to build full, meaningful and inclusive lives in the community. Belonging Matters is a capacity building organisation with an … Continued
Closing date: April 23, 2024
The Victorian Disability Worker Commission (VDWC) is conducting a survey about disability sector safeguards and the disability workforce. There are no right or wrong answers. They just want to know what you think. Participants will go into a prize draw to win one of ten $100 vouchers. If you want to do the survey, click … Continued
Closing date: April 14, 2024
Are you a person with disability who is currently studying or recently graduated from university? If so, you might be interested in our Stepping Into Internship program. Every year we find university students with disability who are in their second last year, final year or recently graduated and bring them together with employers who are … Continued
Healthy Discussions: Supporting people with disability to make and communicate health decisions aims to improve the way that health practitioners communicate with people with disability and to improve their understanding of disability The voice of people with lived experience of disability is at the heart of the Healthy Discussions project. Everyone has the right to … Continued
The Government want your feedback on the draft National Autism Strategy. This is a draft Strategy which has not yet been agreed by Government. Following feedback through the public consultation process the draft Strategy will be further refined and it is expected the final Strategy will be presented to Government by the end of 2024. … Continued
The Speak My Language (Disability) program continues to share important conversations about living well with disability. Through our partnership with 3ZZZ, 3CR, and Cherry Radio, there have been more than 260 broadcasts of Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese podcasts since November last year.
Closing date: April 11, 2024
Where: In person at WDV’s office (Bourke St, Melbourne) Or online via Zoom When: 8 x 3 hour program sessions (breaks included). On Wednesdays from April 24th – June 12th. Individual mentor sessions and Graduation Celebration TBC. Cost: FREE Enabling Women will support people at their individual stages of leadership, and is a Program where … Continued
The disability community is hotly debating a recommendation that all service providers be registered. The proposal comes from a review of the industry, and is part of legislation making its way through parliament.
Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says the way Australians with disabilities access the NDIS is “said to be overhauled”. Ms De Giorgio said the overhaul will be done “under a federal government plan”.
When Calie Green was 19 years old, she moved hundreds of kilometres away from her family in central Queensland in search of a better, more accessible life. She had hoped to complete her studies at a university in Rockhampton, but there wasn’t enough support for people who are deaf. But 20 years later, Ms Green, … Continued
Major reforms to the National Disability Insurance (NDIS) have been introduced to parliament today by Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten. People with Disability Australia (PWDA) have responded with a call for genuine co-design to refine the legislation to ensure the reforms reflect the needs of the people they’re designed for.
Since the review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) released its recommendations in December, there has been a series of Town Hall events to discuss them around the country – but no actual changes. Today the government introduced a new bill to make way for NDIS reform. Disability minister Bill Shorten said “legislation and … Continued
This study by Summer Foundation and Latrobe University presents the perspectives of people with acquired neurological disability, disability support workers, and close others of people with complex needs to construct a holistic model of quality support.
The dust is settling on the release of the NDIS 10 Year Review, and all our minds turn to the upcoming government response. Out of all the 26 recommendations and 139 actions, the one word coming up again and again that snuck past the headline writers was ‘digital.’