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$60K relief for IDEAS

Disability information service IDEAS has secured a $60,000 grant to help transport its portable toilet and change facility, known as Ezy-Dun.

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I want to know more about Short Term Accommodation.

We regularly check with our users what you would like to know more about? One recent response was “Information on access to short term accommodation packages f…

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IDEAS submission to APH Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS – Independent Assessments

IDEAS has made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) regarding access and independent assessments.&nb…

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Independent fire emergency information for people with disabilities

Unprecedented bushfires burning across millions of hectares across Australia this summer have caused serious injury, death and the destruction of homes, towns…

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Information Sharing as Market Stewardship in the NDIS report

We’ve just launched the report ‘Information Sharing as Market Stewardship in the NDIS’ and are pleased to be able to share this critical researc…

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Learning Auslan

Auslan is the main form of communication for deaf people residing in Australia. With upwards of 20,000 people using Auslan as their primary form of communicati…

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Meet Adam, Margot and Diana

Stories from an IDEAS customer, staff member and our Executive Officer.

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National disability information organisation IDEAS welcomes new Disability Gateway

Australia’s only independent information provider for people with disability, IDEAS, has today welcomed the launch of the long-awaited federally-funded Disabil…

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New sign language interpreting service for aged care assessment and delivery services.

Providers of Australian Government-subsidised aged care services can access free sign language interpreting services to support clients who are deaf, deafblind…

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Portable accessible toilet available for emergency deployment

Unprecedented bushfires burning across Australia this summer have caused many communities to be evacuated and thousands of people to be displaced. IDEAS, Austr…

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Reflections of Financial Year 2019-2020

This year 2019-2020 we have connected with nearly five million people answering their enquiries and delivering information on how people want to receive i…