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Concerns raised over disability scheme changes
Participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will, in most cases, no longer be able to appeal against their total amount of funding support to any external review body, executives have confirmed. Source:The Guardian.
‘Listening day’ to drive renewed focus on disability
International Day of People with Disabilities is celebrated today under the theme “Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress”. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Specialist support classes established at Sydney schools
Sydney Catholic Schools is expanding its local, faith-based diverse learning opportunities with the establishment of specialist support classes at its schools in Lakemba. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Young people want societal attitudes to change
Young people want disability to stop being seen as something that needs to be “fixed”, new Australian Catholic University research shows.
Fears new disability system for children will be ‘one-size-fits-all’
Health department officials say the $46 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme has distorted the spread of allied health workers, costs and waiting times for their services as work gets under way on a new disability system for children. Source: The Age.
People with disabilities will be hired to work in Vatican
Pope Leo XIV has approved new measures to promote the hiring of people with disabilities in the Vatican, saying their condition does not prevent them from serving in Church institutions. Source: CNA.
How the Church community can do more to help people with disabilities
Finding out directly how the Church community can do more to help people with disabilities and close the gap between action and words was the aim of a Listening Day in Adelaide hosted by the Disability Projects Office. Source: The Southern Cross.
Calls to tweak tax rules to reduce NDIS costs and give participants more options
New tax rules could encourage more accommodation options for Australians living with a disability and reduce the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to a new report. Source: ABC News.
States warned to support NDIS changes or risk billions in hospital funding
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned that states face missing out on billions of dollars in federal hospital funding should they refuse to support the Albanese Government on its National Disability Insurance Scheme reforms. Source: The Australian.