The National Disability Insurance Scheme has come under intense scrutiny in recent times, both for its cost and for how challenging some participants have found it to get support. Some of the debate has focused on the support needs of autistic people. But there’s concern they’re under particular pressure as the NDIS plans for its … Continued
The latest NDIS Quarterly Report has been released. This Quarterly Report is a summary of how the Scheme performed from 1 April to 30 June 2023.
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is an independent, non-profit organisation that works with people and communities who are facing disadvantage. Part of PIAC’s role is challenging decision-makers in order to deliver fair and practical outcomes. The Housing Hub has teamed up with PIAC to create resources for NDIS participants and supporters that offer valuable information … Continued
Dear DSC, As a provider delivering Core supports in a regional area, we’ve had mixed messages about whether we can deliver supports when a participant is in hospital. The participant has requested it and the hospital are happy for us to. But a local NDIA rep says it’s against the rules. We’ve scanned the NDIA Operational … Continued
The Government is focused on building the capability of families and carers of children with disability or developmental concerns in early childhood and education and care settings through new resources aimed at boosting inclusivity and building staff and educator capacity. Delivering on the Government’s commitments under Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 Early Childhood Targeted Action Plan, … Continued
The head of the organisation rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has admitted in Geelong that there is much to do to improve the scheme. National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) chief executive officer Rebecca Falkingham was among several representatives from the agency at the public hearing for the Parliamentary joint standing committee on … Continued
Professor Bruce Bonyhady is often described as the architect of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and is co-chair of the panel reviewing it. He spoke last week about the sustainability challenges faced by the scheme.
The National Disability Insurance Agency is failing young children severely affected by autism by rejecting their claims for intensive support funding only to do an about-face after families have spent months in a lengthy, expensive tribunal process, a parliamentary committee has heard.
The NDIS Commission’s Workforce Capability Framework (the Framework) has released a dedicated participant resources page to support participant feedback avenues and finding the right staff. The page includes Easy Reads, animation videos and other handy tips and templates to support self-managing participants, workers and providers.
Hosted by NDIS Review co-chair Lisa Paul AO PSM, the Panel discussed the five challenges raised in the recently published ‘What we have heard report”. To read/listen more, please click on the link.
The Australian Government has outlined reforms to the NDIS to deliver better outcomes for people with disability, and in the process, help secure the ongoing sustainability of the Scheme. To support these reforms, the Government announced an investment of $724.4 million over 4 years to lift the NDIA’s capability, capacity and systems to better support participants.
This is a joint meeting between the Independent Advisory Council and Disability Representative Carer Organisations, which took place on Friday 4 August 2023. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and feedback on the progress of the Reform for Outcomes Program.
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.