A long-running review of the NDIS has handed down an interim report, identifying five key areas of concern The authors are calling for feedback from the Australian public, especially people with ...
The states and the commonwealth currently spend $450 million a year on community mental health services. When the NDIS becomes fully operational in July 2016 that will increase to $1.8 billion a year, ...
Ki Cooper, 42, has a rare genetic condition that gives her an intellectual disability and forces her to be in a wheelchair. For most of Ki’s life, her mother Deborah Cooper provided care without ...
The complexity of the NDIS is proving too much for families, some of which ultimately give up on obtaining support, warns a child health group. Families “give up” trying to navigate the complex system ...
Libby Callaway receives funding from the Australian government Department of Health and Ageing, and the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria. She is the voluntary President of the Australian ...
While most families have quickly got access to extra therapy under the NDIS trials there are still lengthy delays for wheelchairs and up to a third of those with a mental illness have missed out on a ...
"Trying to contain a hurricane," is how Briana Blackett describes life as the sole parent of two boys with autism. Complaints that the NDIS is not delivering the help needed by patients NDIS ...
She is one of hundreds of people in South Australia impacted by the closure of a well-respected business providing essential support for families like hers. This week Gabby Hall, owner of My Care ...