Opening of the Carpentaria Disability SDA property The Hon Bill Shorten MP Transcripts BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GIVERNMENT SERVICE: Good morning. It’s great to be here with Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and Minister Ngaree Ah Kit at the opening of this amazing facility for people with profound and severe disability. The Northern Territory is … Continued
A group of specialised teachers who support students with disabilities at state schools will get to keep their jobs, Education Minister Natalie Hutchins told parents on Tuesday, after news of the job cuts sparked public backlash.
Advocates are calling for urgent federal government investment in high schools to ensure children with disabilities are supported through their final years of study
One of the original architects of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) says it is being treated as a “limitless Magic Pudding” and local, state and territory governments need to do more to support all people living with disability.
Recently the Ability Roundtable launched their White Paper collating their key financial and workforce benchmarking data, which gives us a greater understanding of how providers have been tracking over the past few years. The Ability Roundtable offers service providers the chance to see how they are doing compared with other providers across Australia. This benchmarking … Continued
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is on track to again exceed official participant projections as children with autism enrol in unexpectedly high numbers.
A new study paints a disturbing picture of life in Australian schools for students with a disability, revealing high rates of segregation and bullying.
“Disability does not mean inability. It means, in fact, you come at the world in different ways. Disability makes us very creative, very imaginative, funny and quirky and that’s the community that I’m so, so happy to be a part of.”
The plan would allow disabled people to build a share of equity in the properties they live in, and governments are being urged to match contributions.
Australian governments spend a lot of money supporting young people with disability to find a job. But the success of these programs has been modest.
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-ninth session in Geneva, during which it would review the reports of Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania, Mongolia and Paraguay.
The Greens are pushing to scrap an “unconscionable” policy that means migrant families face deportation if a child in that family was born with a disability. The Disability Act currently does not apply to the Migration Act, meaning migrants can be told to leave Australia if treating their disability, or that of their child, means they are deemed a burden on the taxpayer.
Mackenzie Arnold has won millions of fans across the country thanks to her star turn as the Matildas goalkeeper at the Women’s World Cup. But what many new fans might not know is that Arnold lives with hearing loss.
Just like every adventure, disabled travel varies from person to person; from trip to trip; and even from day to day. Sometimes, the vast chasm of ability can even shift from morning to afternoon. This is my experience, anyway.
The newly updated NDIS Your Guide to: Self-management provides straightforward directions and guidelines for self-managers to follow. Let’s recap the benefits of self-management and unpack what has changed in the new guide…