'Don't take that away from us': Mother warns of NDIS travel cuts for therapists
By Susan Oong
The success stories of the NDIS "are now at risk", health providers and their regional clients warn, ahead of travel allowance payments being cut in half from next week.
#HealthAdministration #HealthPolicy #PeopleWithDisability #SusanOong
NDIS pricing changes 'incredibly cruel' says remote mobile therapy provider
By Danielle Kutchel
Allied health services like physiotherapy can be life-changing for NDIS participants, but new government pricing arrangements mean services that need to travel to clients may be too expensive.
#DisabilityAccess #Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #HealthPolicy #DanielleKutchel
5yo girl with growth in ear told to wait five months for scan
By Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd
A Sydney mother is calling for change after being told her daughter with disability would have to wait five months for a scan her doctor said was urgent.
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #PublicHealth #Children #MedicalProcedures #NasCampanella #MaryLloyd
Tip shop makes change after parents upset at 'unfair' prices for specialist items
By Madeleine Rojahn
When Bridget Lockley and her partner saw their local tip shop selling a bike for children with special needs, what could have been an opportunity instead left them outraged.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/tasmania-disability-equipment-second-hand-expensive/105359218
Believe me from personal experience - they fight hard & never believe the expert reports that they keep on making you pay for! ABC News: NDIS agency accused of 'fighting' participants as families left in 'anguish' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-06/ndis-plan-reviews-leaving-participants-families-stressed/105359526 #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #NDIS #AusPol #Disability
When Stacey started dating Steve, she let go of her preconceptions https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/finding-love-amid-challenges-of-dating-with-a-disability/104946286 #PeopleWithDisability #HumanInterest #Disability #Dating via ABC News
There's another problem facing the NDIS — and it's not about the money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/budget-2025-shows-ndis-has-a-pr-problem/105095724 #PeopleWithDisability #SocialPolicy #HealthPolicy #Disabilities #Economy #Budget #NDIS #Disability
Media coverage denies people with disability access to climate news -2
Access to climate change news is a challenge to persons with disabilities in Tanzania attributed to the absence of guidelines on climate adaptation, action and mitigation that specifically target this group of the society
#Tanzania #PeopleWithDisability #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #environment #climate
ABC News: Disability advocacy service in administration as 'urgent' assessment underway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/sa-disability-rights-advocacy-service-in-administration/105089826 #CommunityOrganisations #PeopleWithDisability #GovernmentFunding #Disabilities #Disability #NDIS
Diners with guide dogs turned away from venues as campaign seeks change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-23/guide-dogs-campiagn-nsw-accessible-dining-blindness/104964418 #PeopleWithDisability #HospitalityIndustry #Disability #Discrimination #Tourism #Food
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'What's wrong with her?': How to answer kids' questions about disability https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-09/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-disability/104792712 #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #Parenting #Children
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Tourism providers 'missing out' by not catering for disability https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-27/accessible-tourism-good-for-people-disability-business-and-towns/104803164 #Diversity,EquityandInclusion #CommunityOrganisations #PeopleWithDisability #RegionalCommunities #BeachTravel #OlderPeople #Inclusion
#NDIS provider given record fine after man died choking on toasted sandwich https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-22/federal-court-slaps-record-fine-on-ndis-service-provider-/104847746 #PeopleWithDisability #Disability #Courts via ABC News Australia
NDIS access fails at first financial hurdle for families with disability https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-10/ndis-access-fails-at-first-financial-hurdle/104799316 #GovernmentandPolitics #PeopleWithDisability #Disability #NDIS via ABC News Australia
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Outback beekeeper sees potential to expand by hiring other NDIS clients
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-04/mount-isa-beekeeper-wants-improve-ndis-employment/104630286 #FamilyandRelationships #PeopleWithDisability #SmallBusinesses #Agribusiness #Beekeeping
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-04/mount-isa-beekeeper-wants-improve-ndis-employment/104630286
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/disability-rights-are-technology-rights
People with disabilities often need to modify, or improve, the devices they use.
Tech companies often incorporate DRM into their products, preventing modification, repairs, and replacements.
Legitimate repairs can often take several months or not happen at all if a part has been discontinued.
Using an alternative can often require circumventing sections of the DMCA, to function, making it illegal.
#civilrights #peoplewithdisability #disabilities #righttorepair
'Humiliating': Voting access for Queenslanders with a disability 'not sufficient' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-18/qld-disability-voting-access-state-election/104485056 #PeopleWithDisability #Elections #Voting #Disability #Discrimination #AusPol
Kids with disability suspended from school 'before an inspector comes' or as 'warning to other children' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/school-suspensions-economic-cost-children-with-disability/104327080 #PeopleWithDisability #PrivateSchools #PublicSchools #Education #Children #Disability #Discrimination
SA driving instructors worry new laws will make it harder for people with disability to get their licence https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/driver-training-testing-sa-law-change-instructor-opposition/104366256 #StateandTerritoryGovernment #PeopleWithDisability #LearningDisabilities #DriverEducation #Corruption #Disability #Discrimination
What exactly do the NDIS changes mean for participants? Felicity is struggling to find out https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-05/ndis-approved-list-changes-communication-participants/104303408 #PeopleWithDisability #FederalGovernment #Disabilities #NDIS #Disability #AusPol
