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2 weeks, 2 days ago

NDIS providers struggling to remain viable amid funding issues as people with disability lose access to support and employment

ABC

For the past seven years, Peter Thorn has thrived under his National Disability Insurance Scheme plan. Peter Thorn's NDIS plan was cut significantly due to an "error", his father John said. "It's a real challenging situation when a decision is made, but there's no transition," Hartley Lifecare chief executive Eric Thauvette said. "The assumptions the NDIS have in the cost …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Epilepsy fails NDIS funding criteria because it's not considered a disability, and these families are suffering

ABC

Adeline Hanna is a playful little girl with a cheerful sense of humour. Jessamy Eccles has been battling to get NDIS funding for her daughter Adeline, who has epilepsy. Melanie Ridout says everything has changed for her family now that her son Leo, who has epilepsy and autism, has finally received NDIS funding. Funding delays cause problems Epilepsy Foundation general …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Outback beekeeper looks to hire NDIS clients

ABC

Sally Sara: For people living with a disability, finding employment isn't always easy, especially in regional and rural areas. Maddie Nixon: It's 40 degrees in this Mount Isa backyard, and Cody Hanover is looking for a queen. Cody Hanover: We want them to come in and work and feel like they're a part of the family, Maddie Nixon: basically. Maddie …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mount Isa beekeeper looks at expanding business to improve NDIS employment

ABC

Covered head to toe in the middle of a 40-degree Celsius heatwave, Cody Hannover carefully carries tens of thousands of bees from one hive to another. 'No one's going to stop me' Mr Hannover attributes his beekeeping success to his "have a go" attitude, as well as his unique "quirk". "It's hard enough going to a job, being petrified of …

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4 weeks ago

Art and music therapists worried about NDIS change

ABC

Sally Sara: Art and music therapists say they're in crisis mode due to federal government funding reforms. Kathleen Ferguson: Monica Zidar says her industry is self-regulated, but that it mirrors the framework set by allied health professions such as physiotherapists. Kathleen Ferguson: Monica Zidar says music therapy has a wide range of benefits. Kathleen Ferguson: Trinity Ford from advocacy group …

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4 weeks ago

Bill Shorten flags NDIS changes to music and art therapy funding

ABC

Music therapy is the highlight of four-year-old Kai Wall's week. "While art and music therapy remain permissible, they do not meet the evidentiary standards required to be classified as a 'therapy' under the definition of NDIS supports," it said. "Participants who have art or music therapy stated in their plan, because it is reasonable and necessary and based on evidence …

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1 month ago

Tasmanian NDIS participant Adam Quarrell demanding apology over handling of his case

ABC

Adam Quarrell describes being an NDIS participant as like "being in an abusive relationship". Adam Quarrell says an NDIS planner asked him, "can't you just hold it in" when he was discussing his need for catheters. After speaking on live radio, contacting the Tasmanian Disability Services Minister and staging a sit-in outside the NDIS office in Hobart on Thursday, Mr …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Death of 26yo woman who lived with 'significant' disabilities prompts call for safeguards

ABC

An "expression of interest" to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme was made seven years ago on behalf of a woman with "significant" disabilities whose death has now prompted a major criminal investigation. South Australian Human Services Minister Nat Cook said state government agencies had been "reviewing contact and service records" to check whether Ms Fredericks's case had been raised …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Brian John Odlum handed suspended jail term for assaulting his young NDIS-funded carers

ABC

A 68-year-old man who assaulted seven "isolated" and "vulnerable" women who were working for him as NDIS-funded carers has received a 12-month suspended prison sentence and a $2,000 fine. Defence counsel Alan Camp said Odlum had no prior history of offending, and had since placed "voluntary restrictions in his employment of women" and now only hired women over the age …

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4 months ago

The government has resolved a major NDIS deadlock, but there's far more water to flow under the bridge

ABC

Change can be difficult for anyone, of any age. The government might've found a way to get its political adversaries off its back, but it's unlikely the disability community will be as easy to convince. “We want to work whichever government of the day to make the best legislation we can to improve the NDIS — but this is not …

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4 months ago

States and territories to back major NDIS reforms as Senate vote looms

ABC

The states and territories have agreed to support the federal government's overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, putting an end to months of tension. "Critically, this agreement secures the support of the states and territories for the government's legislation and reform agenda, and will help ensure the scheme is here for the future," Mr Shorten said. The states and …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Breakthrough for Aussie man John G in NDIS battle after he went from a smartly-dressed engineer to a 'shaking wreck' due to crippling illness

Daily Mail

John G may finally receive the help he needs after the NDIS confirmed it's working to review his funding rejection following a campaign by Daily Mail Australia. The NDIS is finally reviewing John's rejected application and now a good Samaritan has stepped in to help John with his therapy needs as he waits for 'the support he deserves' John with …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

John went from a smartly-dressed engineer to a 'shaking wreck' who can't leave his house due to a crippling illness - but he STILL can't get NDIS funding. Here's his full, heartbreaking story for the

Daily Mail

The heartbreaking life story of a disabled man who has been rejected by the NDIS to the shock and anger of millions of Australians has been revealed for the first time. John pictured as a young man at his grandmother's birthday, had a fiancée, a great job and was physically fit before the neurological disorder took over him John G …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Sex work access under NDIS to be banned, removing supports for 'ordinary life', say disability advocates

ABC

Sex work will be banned from being funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme under NDIS Minister Bill Shorten's planned reforms, the minister has confirmed. Speaking at the National Press Club in 2021 Mr Shorten, then shadow disability minister, said he was not sure whether funding for sex workers was sustainable — but he criticised the Morrison government's plan to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill Shorten looks to reassure disabled Australians over NDIS overhaul

ABC

In short: NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says changes to the scheme must occur to keep it going. Professor Bonyhady told a Senate inquiry into the NDIS reform legislation last month "the status quo is not an option". "We need to give the disability community our academics, experts and advocates the opportunity to properly and thoroughly analyse the amendments brought forward …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal government firms up commitment to co-designing the NDIS with disability community

ABC

In short: The government says it is committed to co-designing changes to the NDIS with the disability community. The federal government is committing to work further with the disability community to design changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. How criminals are rorting NDIS participants for drug trafficking Photo shows Man takes cash from ATM Criminals have been manipulating participants …

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7 months ago

Why the states and territories are clashing with the federal government over the NDIS

ABC

As two days of parliamentary hearings kick off into draft legislation paving the way for changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a governmental stoush has re-emerged. Among other things, it amends the NDIS Act to: provide clarity about what constitutes an "NDIS support"; that is, what services can be funded under an NDIS plan create a "new planning framework" …

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7 months ago

We asked Australians how they feel about cost-of-living measures in the federal budget. Many are in despair

ABC

It was billed as the cost-of-living budget. When Treasurer Jim Chalmers stepped up this week to unveil his government's economic plan for the year ahead, he described a responsible budget that "helps people under pressure today". "It's at the point where other friends of mine who are pensioners get so excited just when they can buy mince to make Bolognese," …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Pay Day with Elly Desmarchelier: 'Paying my disability tax is no mean feat'

ABC

The ABC's new column where we ask Australians the money questions we don't like to talk about. For Pay Day, Elly shares her salary sacrifice regrets, a Mad Men-inspired furniture investment she stands by, and sheds light on the financial impact of living with a disability. But let's remember that as of 2022, around 10 per cent of people with …

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7 months, 1 week ago

From NDIS cost revisions to a new employment program, here's what's in the 2024 federal budget for disability

ABC

Between significant revisions to the National Disability Insurance Scheme and new employment initiatives, disability was a key part of this year's federal budget. "The NDIS is an essential public service for people with disability and families, providing life changing and lifesaving supports every day," she says. It made 26 recommendations and detailed close to 140 "actions", including: Hinging access the …

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8 months ago

NDIS akin to a 'Byzantine maze' for frustrated families having to go without funding for months

ABC

While each of their stories is different, the results are frustratingly similar — dealing with the National Disability Insurance Agency has driven some of the most vulnerable people in our society to the brink. "My issue is solved but I don't know how … nobody got back to me — not the NDIA, not Bill Shorten's office, not the complaints …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Carer daughter calls for aged care funding rethink to buy all-terrain-vehicle for dad on rural property

ABC

Atlanta Baker has painful memories of the last time she took her dad to a public park; his paranoia spiked and he scratched his arms until he bled, attracting a crowd of people and an ambulance. But with around $64,000 of unspent funds sitting in his Level 4 Aged Care Home Care Package account, Ms Baker believes there is an …

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