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About Disability Rights

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) makes disability discrimination unlawful and promotes equal rights, equal opportunity and equal access for people…

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Accessible Tourism International Standard! ISO 21902:2021

ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, develops and publishes International Standards. They recognised the need to remove unnecessary barrie…

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Adopting a Human Rights Based Approach - Advice for Boards of Disability Services

Advice for Boards of Disability Services brought to you by National Disability Services.

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Choosing an Online Service Provider

There are web-based platforms and mobile applications that act as online service providers. They are a medium to connect People with Disability to Support Work…

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Complaints and the NDIS Commission

We get many calls from NDIS participants who have been treated unfairly or abused by their support providers. If you are an NDIS participant or supporter and y…

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Council for Intellectual Disability Position Statement on Technology

Our friends at CID have written a position statement on technology. People with intellectual disability have the right to effective communications to let them…

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Daria's Story

We want to share some of the ways our PossABLE Advocates have supported, changed lives and advocated for people with disability. This is *Daria's Story.

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Defend our NDIS: An open letter to all members of Australia’s next Federal Parliament

IDEAS has endorsed and supports an open letter to all members of Australia's next Federal Parliament from Every Australian Counts, on defending the NDIS an…

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Disability advocates urge new minister to abandon Independent Assessments

Newly appointed Minister for the NDIS and Government Services Linda Reynolds has been urged by disability advocates and organisations, including IDEAS, to aban…

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Disability and additional learning needs - tips for a smooth transition

For a child with disability and additional learning needs, it is advisable for parents and carers to meet with their school principal and the school’s learning…

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Disability Royal Commission looks at preventing and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in disability services

Public hearing 23 of the Disability Royal Commission is a case study looking at preventing and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in disab…

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Disability Royal Commission looks at the criminal justice system

The Disability Royal Commission is holding Public hearing 11: The experiences of people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system. The hear…

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Disability Support Pension

Making an application for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) is a daunting task. The form is complex, hard to read and seems to ask the same questions repeat…

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Disability Support Pension Senate Inquiry

From mid-2021, the Senate began an inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension (DSP) payment and the accessibility challeng…

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Domestic and Family Violence - helping a friend in need.

Chances are, very sadly, we all know of someone who is living with violence and or abuse. People with disability experience much higher rates of violence and a…

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Domestic and Family Violence Easy English

This is a collection that links to resources in Easy English. They can be used to help, to educate and to plan. These resources are for people who are at risk…

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Easy English Sexual Health Resources

Respect, Rights and Consent. There is a need for both simple resources and Easy English resources on Sexual health. Information to help with: Decision-makin…

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First hearing of Royal Commission focuses on education

The First Hearing of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission) commenced this…

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First Nations people with disability matter

We know 1 in 5 Australians has a disability, roughly 20% of all Australians, but when we focus on First Nations people with disability… it’s more like 1 in 2…

Government Inquiry - NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

An inquiry will be held into the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, looking closely at how it operates.

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