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The integrity of the scheme relies on listening to the people whose lives are affected by disability. Image from shutterstock.com

DisabilityCare now a reality but how can we protect its future?

Donna McDonald, Griffith University

Legend has it that before the introduction of Medibank (now Medicare) in 1974, then-prime minister Gough Whitlam convinced the premiers at a Commonwealth-states meeting to introduce a national disability…
The broad economics of the scheme and the fine details of its implementation remain unclear. Image from shutterstock.com

We have an NDIS but what does this mean for disability care?

Donna McDonald, Griffith University

While the Labor party’s misguided leadership coup hogged the limelight last Thursday, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill passed through parliament. The government also announced the name…
How will the NDIS support life-long planning for Australians with disability as they grow older? Image from shutterstock.com

NDIS for under 65s: ageism or a battle over priorities?

Donna McDonald, Griffith University

Last week’s protest by several quadriplegic Queenslanders against age discrimination prompts us to examine how the National Disability Insurance Scheme should balance needs-based eligibility and entitlement…
Greater numbers of troubled teens are being abandoned by their parents and into the hands of the government. Shutterstock

The hardest choice: families who give up disabled children

Donna McDonald, Griffith University and Courtney Wright, Griffith University

The theme of abandonment runs like a current through our most pressing national dilemmas. Asylum seekers abandon their home countries in the hope of a better life in Australia. Newly elected governments…

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