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NDIS ‘thin on the ground’ in remote Australia

NDIS services are "thin on the ground" in remote Australia and First Nations people continue to experience disability at much higher rates.

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a federal government scheme that helps to fund costs associated with disability.

People with disability can’t get payments they need

Canberrans with disabilities struggle to survive on inadequate support payments, so more needs to be done, local advocates believe.

Win for NDIS community as Independent Assessments scrapped

Independent Assessments proposed for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been scrapped following the Disability Reform Ministers Meeting on Friday.

Kept in the dark: Disability community says NDIS reforms are not transparent

The disability community objects to a perceived lack of transparency in the Federal Government’s proposed reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The NDIS was developed through co-design, Dougie Herd, chair of...

I am not a number: Do NDIS reforms put people into boxes?

Opponents of National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms believe that independent assessments are simplistic, and overlook individual needs.

‘Guaranteed to fail’: Canberra disability community opposes NDIS reforms

The Government says reforms will make the NDIS more flexible, but disability advocates and support services fear changes will be disastrous.

NDIS funds for sexual expression can ‘improve quality of life’

Social justice advocates in Canberra have joined the ACT Government in calling for funds from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to continue to be used for the sexual expression of people...

Governments must ‘banish complacency’, disability advocates say

Disability advocacy groups across the Territory joined forces today to demand swift action on violence against people with disabilities, as well as more accessible health services, crisis centres, transport, city infrastructure and housing.

Calls for disability support in ACT election

Two peak disability organisations and the ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) have banded together in an election call for increased disability services in the Territory.

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