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 distressing state of affairs for adults with disability and mental health issues in Victoria has been highlighted in the 2022-2023 Community Visitor Annual Report, presented in Parliament this month.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides a critical way for people with disability to access housing and living supports. The NDIS Review Final Report has made two recommendations to reform current housing and living support, with a stated aim of improving access for all people with disability.
Young people with disability are active participants in the online world and enjoy playing games, posting content and just hanging out with friends.
This report builds on the Actuaries Institute’s May 2023 Green Paper that found inequality in Australia is significantly higher than in the 1980s.
To support the final report NDIS Review have created a guide for people with disability and their families, which provides information on the topics that they understand matter most to you. In addition to this, there is supporting analysis provides detailed working information and evidence that informed the final report. They have also created fact … Continued
Data outlined in the latest Quarterly Report highlights significant progress by participants, their families, carers and wider disability networks including participants experiencing increased choice and control, opportunities to participate and engage in their communities and workplaces, make friends and spend their time as they choose. It also outlines the partnership with First Peoples Disability Network to co-design a new First Nations Strategy and action plan that reflects the goals and hopes of First Nations people with disability. This is timely with 9.9% of new participants identifying as First Nations people this quarter
The report describes restrictive practices as physical, chemical or environmental restraints and seclusion that are legally, socially or professionally sanctioned. The report also includes involuntary health treatment, guardianship, financial management, and any other non-consensual or coercive action against an individual’s will as a restrictive practice. It concludes that restrictive practices are at odds with the human rights of people with disability. The report has an eight point plan to stop restrictive practices including…
Power outages put customers at risk, affecting their well-being and daily routines. This can lead to distress and challenges in self-care. While we know outages are inconvenient for all customers, they can affect customers managing disabilities in more serious ways. This report includes a number of recommendations for AusNet to reduce the identified risks amongst customers experiencing vulnerability. also included are three customer profile summaries, which offer a deeper understanding of the daily experiences of vulnerable customers.
This Discussion Paper addresses the problems currently impacting this focus area, the evidence available, and the proposed solutions to these problems.
This home and living capacity building report is part of working to develop a new approach to home and living. The research explores supports NDIS participants use to build their capacity to work towards their home and living goals. The report identifies 4 key areas for action that can help participants work towards achieving their home and living goals.
The report states that the combination of disability and risk is one of the most explicit forms of discrimination parents with disability face. This is magnified for First Nations parents with disability. The findings indicate that law, policy, practice and funding reforms are necessary for parents with disability to uphold their human rights and look after their children where practicable. Twenty-seven recommendations are made in the report.
s from individuals and organisations who have already submitted feedback to the Review. Part A draws out the five most challenging and important issues given the Terms of Reference from Ministers and your feedback. Part B provides more detail on 10 areas identified for improvement.
This meticulously researched book uses archival records to explore the history of Kew Cottages through the trajectory of ideas behind development of disability policy, both nationally and internationally, and the treatment of people with intellectual disabilities in institutional care, covering the evolution of disability within our society. Everyone with an interest in the history of disability rights in Victoria should read this book which explores the way policies and services have evolved as our understanding of intellectual disability improves.
The NDIS was founded upon a three-tier system, with each tier providing a critical and unique contribution to the overall system of support and care for disabled people. Tier 2 was originally designed to provide for a robust community-based support system, which could offer services not only to NDIS participants, but also to the roughly 4 million disabled people who fell outside of the Tier 3 individualised service provision. This report highlights the declining, sporadic and unpredictable nature of Tier 2 funding. Such funding arrangements are anathema to the creation of a community-based support system since community-based organisations are particularly vulnerable to unpredictable cash flows.