National Disability Advocates

04/11/2021

SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME. SHADOW MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG.

28/10/2021

…and not having to call it hydrotherapy!

Families of children like Liam Archer, who has autism, are worried their kids will be missing out on vital water safety skills, with the National Disability Insurance Scheme refusing to fund one-on-one swimming lessons.

28/10/2021

Who’s surprised?… 🤦‍♂️

Fifty-nine per cent of claims for the payment were denied over the course of 2020-21 - a figure consistent with rejection rates from the past few years.

24/10/2021

Disability advocates say NSW should have held off on easing COVID-19 restrictions until vaccination rates for those with a disability caught up with the rest of the state.

24/10/2021

Families shouldn’t have to fight this hard for justice.

Two years and $80,000 later, Sue Nunn stops the Public Trustee of Queensland from charging a family member 40 per cent of his disability pension to administer his finances.

24/10/2021

Growing ranks of researchers on the spectrum are overcoming barriers — from neurotypical bias to sensory sensitivities — to shape autism science.

24/10/2021

Join the fight to end violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability by engaging with the Disability Royal Commission.

24/10/2021

Is it just to incarcerate autistic individuals for having autistic traits?Autistic law/biomedical science student, Tom Oliver believes that for most autistic...

24/10/2021

Psychology researcher Caroline Hunt shares tips on how to pace yourself and help others in socialising after lockdown.

21/10/2021

https://www.msaustralia.org.au/news/does-ms-fatigue-capture-the-symptom-experience/

The International Progressive MS Alliance has recently highlighted that very little progress has been made in treating and understanding MS-related fatigue.

20/10/2021

We should guarantee equal access to education and other opportunities that decrease the isolation of children with disabilities. Photo: Kazi Tahsin Agaz Apurbo

19/10/2021

Three months after NDIS-funded mobility improvements were completed at Robyn Butterworth's rental house, she has been told to move out to make way for the landlord's mother.

19/10/2021

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18/10/2021

“Jail is not a place for people with disability to be in”

18/10/2021

Disability royal commission calls rollout ‘seriously deficient’ and warns against opening up before everyone’s had a chance to be vaccinated

18/10/2021

Here's an irony: celebrating the start of National Disability Week 2021 while receiving multiple enquiries from people living with MS who have, this week, been denied access to the NDIS.