People with a mental illness must demonstrate a psychosocial disability to be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), however a recent survey has revealed most respondents do not know what that means.
Disability advocates have raised serious human rights concerns about the way National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plans are set up for people with profound disabilities. But amid the anticipation, Moorabbin-based advocacy group Communication Rights Australia says many people who can’t communicate verbally are being “left out” of the consultation process.
When asked earlier this week about the Government’s intended response to last year’s Senate Committee Inquiry that uncovered appalling instances of violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability, a spokeswoman for the Federal Social Services Minister said the Government was taking the inquiry’s findings and recommendations into account, as it developed a quality framework … Continued
This paper shows the potential scale of the economic benefits the NDIS will bring to Victoria. New economic modelling forecasts the impact the NDIS will have on Victorian Gross State Product when fully implemented and details the potential for increased labour force participation of people with disability and their carers.
Each year, 200 Australians under the age of 50 are admitted into nursing homes. Young people in aged care facilities have limited opportunity to make the everyday choices that most of us take for granted such as the time we go to bed and the food we eat. Their lives are characterised by boredom and … Continued
Using the NDIS to address the large housing shortage for people with disability will depend on the ability of housing providers to access significant amounts of capital from the private financial market, according to a new analysis.
In a report to be released on Friday, the panel, which comprised a range of academics, teachers and advocates, backed the best practice intervention for young children, which can cost up to $80,000 a year.
The introduction of the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will progressively roll out countrywide from July of this year, has meant that barely a day goes by without some sort of media discussion relating to this policy or issues of disability more broadly.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the provisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, and the relevant rules and operational guidelines which govern decisions about ‘reasonable and necessary supports’ that can be funded by the NDIA. It held that chiropractic treatment for the applicant was a ‘reasonable and necessary support’ under the NDIS and … Continued
This report includes analysis and commentary about business sentiment, given the market transition occurring in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) roll out sites in 2016 where the number of participants is anticipated to escalate from 30,000 to 460,000. The 2015 report highlights challenges and opportunities for providers and public policy makers, and, for the first time, … Continued
There is growing anger about the delay and disability groups are calling for an urgent focus on housing to stem what they say is the growing tide of young people entering nursing homes.
As an exercise in social reform, grassroots campaigning, and organizing techniques, NDIS has been a salutory experience in how not to reform social policy and service delivery. The supreme irony is that innovative person-centred practice had been undertaken quietly and selectively in various parts of Australia from the mid-1980s with negligible cost to the taxpayers, … Continued
A damning report on the neglect and abuse of people with a disability has used the choking death of Canberra woman Stephanie Fry to warn of the dangers of staff turnover and the increasing reliance on casual support workers.
Evidence suggests that when individuals have greater choice and control over their services, they’re more likely to have better outcomes and to make more efficient and effective use of the funding.
Geraldine Doogue interviewed John Dellabosca, head of the Every Australian counts campaign, about the recent advertisement for new Board members to the NDIA John: It is important that people with lived experience of disability are also … Geraldine: Why, John? John: I think for a long time the principle problem with disability is not people with … Continued