“These numbers are just the start in ensuring people with disability are able to get on with living their lives without having to go to court to argue over the level of support they receive,” Shorten said. “The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has implemented measures that have not only helped blitz the number of those legacy cases but also reduce the number of new cases heading to the AAT.”
A psychiatrist has criticised the NDIS for allowing the “gentrification” of people with disabilities. Dr Ahmed Tanveer argued that it’s becoming “mainstream” and the incentives are driving it. “We are increasingly medicalising all sorts of other behaviours,” Dr Tanveer said.
Roshan Desumbuk-AY loves gardening and selling his produce to his local community. Last year, he grew and sold 26 kilograms of chillies. This season, he is growing even more vegetables — corn, potato, chilli, pumpkin, coriander and beans. Mr Desumbuk-AY moved from Nepal to Tasmania in March 2011 and has been receiving support through Migrant Resource … Continued
The disability rights movement’s catch cry “nothing about us without us” has been forgotten in the current debate around NDIS provider registration. As vocal NDIS business interests campaign to force us to use registered providers, NDIS participants are gearing up to fight for our right to decide who comes into our own homes and bedrooms and who … Continued
Did you know that NDIS participants over all spend about 60% of our funding on unregistered providers. And this number is growing. On this episode of Reasonable and Necessary, Dr George speaks with Prof Helen Dickinson from UNSW and NDIS participants and disability advocates Nick Avery and Jarrod Sandell-Hay about why more and more participants … Continued
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is partnering with First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) to co-design a new NDIS First Nations Strategy and action plan that reflects the goals and aspirations of First Nations experiences and voices.
Urgent reform is needed to ensure the NDIS is able to deliver on its primary objective, which is to provide a dignified life for Australians with a profound disability. Cost blowouts that make the scheme unsustainable must be addressed and top of the list is to cull benefits being paid to people for whom the … Continued
AMA analysis reveals that targeted programs that address hospital exit block could save an estimated $811.6 million to $2.17 billion a year.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to be a market-based system that would shift power from government and providers to consumers. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s Own Motion Inquiry report demonstrates that for the most vulnerable NDIS participants, there is still a power imbalance, with providers and workers still in charge.
New report finds reducing hospital discharge delays for NDIS participants has saved up to half a billion dollars so far, as governments meet to set the disability sector’s 12-month agenda.
This first Inquiry focused on the experiences of NDIS participants living in supported accommodation. The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints that have been made to the NDIS Commission in connection with the supported accommodation services provided by 7 of the largest providers of these services over the period 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2022. The inquiry report describes trends in issues that are occurring in supported accommodation, what is causing those issues, models of best practice to eliminate or address these issues, and how the NDIS Commission can use its powers to support the delivery of higher standards of support in these settings.
The report provides insight on the major developments in legislation, policy, process and caselaw that impact NDIS participants, including the progress of promised reforms in 2022, as well as key areas where further investigation and reform is desired and expected. The report highlights 2022 as a year of significant change for the NDIS: “The wide scope of changes reflects a growing public awareness of the NDIS, its prominence as a political issue and pressure on government to fix the problems the disability community has been raising for many years.”
There have been more than 7,000 serious incidents — including sexual misconduct, serious injury, abuse and neglect — in disability group homes over the past four years, according to a startling new report from the NDIS complaints watchdog. The report followed an inquiry into disability group homes, set up to identify trends among issues occurring in the sector and how best to address them.
The minister announced earlier this month that the average waiting time across Australia for NDIS participants medically fit for discharge from hospital is now 33 days. This is down from an average of 160 days in Victoria at the time of the federal election.
The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints made to the NDIS Commission in connection with the supported accommodation services (specifically group homes). The Inquiry’s purpose was to enable the NDIS Commissioner to identify trends in issues occurring in supported accommodation, what is causing those issues, models of best practice to eliminate or address these issues, and how the NDIS Commission can use its powers to support the delivery of higher standards of support in these settings.