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28/08/2025

NDIS AND YOUR RIGHTS WEBINAR ⚖️

Are you worried about NDIS eligibility reassessments and what they mean for your family?

Join CYDA on Wednesday 24 September, 4:30pm - 5:30pm AEST for a free online webinar.

You’ll hear from:
🔸 Jenny Karavolos, Co-Chair, The Australian Autism Alliance
🔸 Kerryann Stanley, Manager Cultural Leadership & NDIS Reform, First Peoples Disability Network
🔸 Louis Bowden, Casework Lawyer, Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
🔸 Liam Thatcher, Advocacy and Policy Officer, Disability Advocacy Network Australia - DANA

They’ll share insights on:
- The impacts of eligibility reassessments on Autistic and First Nations children
- Your rights, reviews, and appeals
- What’s next for eligibility and NDIS reforms

This webinar will be Auslan interpreted, live captioned, and recorded.

🔗 Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/ndis-and-your-rights-self-advocacy-and-eligibility-reassessments-information-session

25/08/2025

What a beautiful way to start our week @ The Skillz Lab - 🥰 Thankyou Armani and Jen🥰

24/08/2025

Our clever little friend Mitchell- thanks NDIS for all you support so far, please keep going!🥰 Skills 2 Talk Speech Pathology Skills 2 Learn Occupational Therapy Triston Hunter Step Ahead Physiotherapy

23/08/2025

New Opinion Piece on the EAC website: Autistic children don’t break the budget. Broken systems do.
This week, the government announced the new “Thriving Kids” program, alongside plans to change how children with disability access the NDIS.
In this opinion piece, Heidi La Paglia challenges the myths and highlights what’s really putting pressure on the system.
📖 Read the full opinion piece: https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/autistic-children-dont-break-the-budget/

[Image description: A graphic with a red textured background features a white paper-like overlay. At the top is the "Every Australian Counts" logo. The text reads: “Opinion: Autistic Children Don’t Break the Budget. Broken Systems Do.” by Heidi La Paglia. At the bottom right is a circular photo of Heidi La Paglia smiling.]

23/08/2025

23/08/2025

21/08/2025

Help shape access and inclusion at CAHS.

The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is currently reviewing our Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) to provide a focused direction for the next 3 years as we aim to eliminate physical, institutional, and attitudinal barriers, and empower people with disability.

Complete this brief survey and share your feedback to ensure that CAHS services and facilities are inclusive and accessible to people with disability: https://redcap.link/yuvxu07a

The survey closes Monday 15 September 2025.

View our current DAIP 2022-2025 at: https://www.cahs.health.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Strategies-and-plans/Disability-Access-and-Inclusion-Plan

17/08/2025

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03/08/2025