While adjusting to life with a disability after an accident is a common experience, advocates say Australians who acquire a disability later in life are hampered by a rule barring over 65s joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Featured:
Peter Wilcox, lives with polio
Ross Joyce, CEO of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Dr Bronwyn Morkham, National Director of the Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance
Reporter: Max Chalmers
- Topics:
- Aged care
- Source:
- ABC News
- Date published:
- Wed 3rd Apr, 2024