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"Improving Support Coordination for NDIS Participants" Paper

The NDIA has published the ‘Improving Support Coordination for NDIS Participants’ paper. The paper outlines the outcomes from reviewing the current suppor…

A Story by Shane and Janelle Curry and the NDIS

This video is the story of Shane & Janelle Curry and highlights the issues of young people living in aged care nursing homes in Australia. They speak about…

About the NDIS - Video

This video will help you understand key information about the NDIS including what it is, if you can access it, when it will be available, and why it’s importan…

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About the NDIS (Auslan)

Australian Sign Language (Auslan) interpretation of the About the NDIS Video.

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About the NDIS (translated languages)

This video is an introduction to the NDIS. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (also called the NDIS) is the new way of providing support to Australians w…

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About the NDIS Appeals Process

Chris Campbell, CEO of The Junction Works, and sector expert in the provision of disability services talks to Ebony Birchall, Lawyer with Slater & Gordon a…

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Accessing Food Services under NDIS: The INS and OUTS

Need a little bit of help with grocery delivery? Or do you want to take the stress and time out of cooking meals? Did you know that you can access certain food…

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Adaptive Clothing in Australia

In the past, most adaptive clothing brands or suppliers focused solely on older people, keeping styles and designs very generic and simple with limited variety…

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An NDIS in my Lifetime

Dr Paul Brock, who has motor neurone disease, explains how the NDIS supports people with congenital or acquired disability and their families/carers who are af…

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Angela'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 *Angela's story.&nbs…

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Assistive Technology in Your Plan - NDIS

This video talks about tips to prepare for your next planning meeting and what assistive technology you might need or want to as apart of your NDIS plan.

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Autism Connect

Autism Connect is Australia’s first Autism Helpline delivering national service. It is a free service providing independent and expert information in a va…

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Building Your Dream Team

A self-directed approach enables me to recruit and choose my own team of staff who assist me to live in my own home - Carolyn Campbell-McLean

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Can Good Things come from the COVID-19 Crisis?

The impact of COVID-19 has been widespread and has changed the way many things work. While we know it has been a challenging time for some people with a disabi…

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Charlie’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 *Charlie…

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Choosing NDIS early childhood support and services.

Parents of children with disability talk about NDIS early childhood access partners and key workers, and how they got started with early intervention.

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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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Dave and Belinda's NDIS Story

This is an exert from Linda's full presentation "NDIS - Are You Ready?" Linda talks about Agency Managed NDIS, choosing support workers, selecting staff.

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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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