A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
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This year, the National Disability Insurance Scheme is expected to cost taxpayers $50 billion. So what needs to change?
Some NDIS participants use all their funds before their plan clicks over, while others don’t use all of theirs. But will shorter funding periods address this?
Kenya’s institutions, communities and leaders need to make the new law work for those it was designed to serve.
Disability support and aged care are critical issues for the federal government right now. But what about the needs of disability carers with disability or chronic health conditions?
The introduction of ‘care apps’ has been sold as improving efficiency and even pay rates for homecare providers. But a new study suggests it may only be exacerbating existing problems in the industry.
If people with disability can’t access the NDIS, they’re often left without any services or supports. This needs to change.
Sometimes you just can’t wait to see a doctor. With the addition of more virtual services during COVID, these days you have more options.
Reports of cuts to NDIS packages have been confirmed with an average drop of 4% across participants.
Disabled single mother Shakira Hussein reflects on her secret weapon against adversity. Adalya, her ‘excessively mature’ daughter, appointed herself her mother’s carer and fierce protector from age 9.
We must support disabled people’s call to abolish long-term care and develop a national home care, palliative care and pharmacare system that funds and prioritizes their desire to live in communities.
If we want the latest health care, disability care and aged care, we’ll have to be prepared to pay for it.
As a Koori bloke who lives with disability, I believe the proposed framework is disrespectful and discriminatory towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.
Some parents of kids with disabilities are doubling as specialized teachers, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychologists during the pandemic.
As governments start to return to a new normal, people with disabilities in care facilities are still in serious danger of being left behind during the coronavirus pandemic.
If you’re poor, female, or live in rural Australia, you’re less likely to access the NDIS or get as much bang for your buck.
The government now has a dedicated NDIS minister. Here are the four key areas of the scheme that need attention.
People with disability face a number of barriers to justice, not least that crimes against them are often seen as less serious. This needs to stop.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Inclusion, Disability and Education, York University, Canada
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Doctoral Candidate, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Research Fellow, UNSW
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Professor, UNSW
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
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Digital Health Program Manager at the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory, Carleton University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University