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When Sam Bailey became a quadriplegic at 19, he was advised to get an office job in town. Instead he made his farm wheelchair-accessible
Spending on Australia’s community services has grown 45.9% over the past four years, with data showing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and other disability supports cost $37.4 billion last…
According to a new analysis, almost a quarter of Australians with disabilities smoke when compared to just 12.6% of the wider population. While the number of Australians smoking is declining,…
People with intellectual disability are getting hourly wages that don’t even cover their bus trips to work. Advocates believe it’s time for a radical overhaul.
Former ACT minister Emma Davidson voices unease after states and territories given just one month to review landmark report into scheme.
It’s disturbing seeing your worth as a person being debated in newspapers. But with the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) back in the headlines, disabled people are…
A University of Melbourne research program run in conjunction with Melbourne Youth Orchestras, the Adaptive Music Bridging Program, has proudly seen its first cohort of students take to the stage…
I was an anaesthetist and intensive care specialist, commissioning Western Australia’s first non‐tertiary intensive care unit and becoming the State Medical Director of DonateLife WA. On 16 September 2018, I…
Australians with disability will not be forced off the National Disability Insurance Scheme without alternative support services in place, Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten has reassured.
Despite the contentment, there’s concern about the requirement that all providers delivering services will have to be registered.
For Thomas Mackenlay, the hardest part of wheelchair basketball is shooting for the hoop. It hasn’t stopped the nine-year-old from wanting to pursue the sport further. “I said to my…
The scheme was overwhelmed by autism cases with nowhere else to go. Creating new services for them is one of the pointiest issues in the review.
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