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ROYAL COMMISSION: Lack of appropriate treatment in health care
Tags NDIS User Stories Accessibility Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Disability Royal Commission continued its Sydney hearings last week into how people with an intellectual disability … Read more
ROYAL COMMISSION: Australia's healthcare system not prepared
Tags NDIS Conditions User Stories Accessibility Advice Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Disability Royal Commission has been told Australia's healthcare system lacks data and is not prepared for those wit… Read more
ROYAL COMMISSION: Mistreatment and miscommunication at heart of healthcare
Tags NDIS Accessibility Advice Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability started its first round of… Read more
PWDA's call to break down employment barriers
Tags Accessibility Employment Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairPeople With Disability Australia (PWDA) have announced a new $100 million proposal to tear down barriers for those with … Read more
Autism public education campaign urges Australians to Change their Reactions
Tags Conditions Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairAn Australian first autism education campaign - Change Your Reactions – was launched today by Victoria’s peak autism bod… Read more
New NDIS data demonstrates a drop in wait times
Tags NDIS Accessibility Industry Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairData released this week as a part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) Quarterly Report shows that wait … Read more
Royal Commission hearings begin in Sydney this week
Tags Conditions Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will begin its next hearin… Read more
A tool to help make sport accessible for all
Tags Accessibility Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairMelbourne’s La Trobe University has developed a new online tool to make it easier for sporting groups in the community t… Read more
Boost to flexibility in transport funding for NDIS participants
Tags NDIS Accessibility Transport Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThis week, Minister for the National Disability and Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Stuart Robert, announced greater flexibilit… Read more
People with severe mental illness face difficulties accessing NDIS
Tags NDIS Accessibility Mental Health Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThose with severe mental illness are facing additional problems accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS… Read more
Funding announced for new pre-term stem cell research
Tags Therapies Research Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairResearchers have received €9 million (AUD $14.7 million) in funding to look into preterm births and stem cell research t… Read more
Carly Findlay receives Order of Australia honours
Tags User Stories Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairAuthor and disability advocate Carly Findlay has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as a part of the 2020 … Read more
Businesses awarded grants to help build the NDIS provider market
Tags NDIS Finance Industry Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair446 businesses across Australia will share in approximately $9 million of funding from the Government to help their tran… Read more
What disability providers need to know about the Royal Commission
Tags Advice Industry Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability continues in 2020 with mor… Read more
Australia’s disaster planning needs to include those with disability
Tags NDIS Advice Industry Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairAustralians across the country have faced a harrowing start to this year's bushfire season, with houses lost, lives lost… Read more
The 2019 Disability Royal Commission progress report and what's happening in 2020
Tags NDIS Accessibility Advice Industry Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Royal Commission into the Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has this week released… Read more
Tune review highlights NDIS has a long way to go as wait times cause deaths
Tags NDIS Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairAn independent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was released today highlighting frustrations … Read more
Audio description services set to go live in July for ABC and SBS
Tags Accessibility Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) have been given $2 million of Feder… Read more
2019: Our year in review
Tags Advice Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St Clair2019 has been a year of change, with a number of huge news events and developments in the disability sector. Read more
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us at Talking Disability!
Tags Advice Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca St ClairThe staff at Talking Disability wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read more