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Coalition backs NDIS crackdown as Butler prepares to reveal savings plan
Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler will use a keynote speech next week to reveal Labor’s plans for slowing down growth in the $50 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme, as the Coalition lends its support to cracking down on unregistered providers in the program. Source: The Age.
Accessible Mass a reminder that every person has a place in Church
An Accessible Mass has been introduced at a New South Wales Central Coast church to welcome people of all abilities, including individuals and families living with disability, neurodiversity or additional needs.
Advocates warn cuts to disability scheme must not affect care
Disability advocates are pleading with the federal government not to cut critical services in its May budget as some Labor MPs call for a wholesale redesign of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Source: AAP/Canberra Times.
Paralympians show ‘no one is defined by limitation alone’
Australia’s Winter Paralympians show the strength of the human spirit and remind the world that no one is defined by limitation alone, says Townsville Bishop Tim Harris. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
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.