New data shows more than one quarter of Australian students receive a disability adjustment. This is up from 18% in 2015.
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The budget papers included a significant announcement about funding for school students with disabilities.
Plans to cut respite care funding has been met with widespread condemnation. But to understand why it is such an issue, it is important to understand the battle for support in the first place.
The federal government needs to ensure the Canada Disability Benefit is designed to help those most in need.
Canadians with disabilities were hit hardest during the pandemic. CERB limitations meant that many of them were left financially unsupported.
As governments start to return to a new normal, people with disabilities in care facilities are still in serious danger of being left behind during the coronavirus pandemic.
People with intellectual disability experience higher rates of mental ill health than the rest of the population, so NDIS can be doubly relevant.
Treasurer Scott Morrison abandoned the proposed increase to the Medicare levy to pay for the NDIS. Here’s what you need to know about how the NDIS is funded, and how cost predictions have changed.
The NDIS is allowing for Specialist Disability Accommodation for 28,000 people, with 17,500 already in such housing. The potential demand for this life-changing supported housing is even greater.
The NDIS was set up with the philosophy of choice and empowerment. Yet participants have little control over their support plans and aren’t allowed to view them before they are approved.
Some of Victoria’s wealthiest private schools have reported spikes in numbers of students with disability. We should only trust those numbers if they’re moderated by qualified staff.
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
Accurate data is needed for how disability funding is being used in schools so that it can be allocated correctly.
New rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.
Thousands of young people with disability who end up in nursing homes lead lives of isolation and boredom. Better and smarter housing finance and support options are at last being developed.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is revolutionising the provision of services to Australians with disabilities. The cornerstone of the scheme is its demand-side reforms: people with disabilities…
Inclusive education, where students with disabilities are educated within mainstream classrooms rather than special schools or classes, is widely recognised as being the best way to ensure everyone gets…
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Fulbright Scholar, New York University
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Professor and Academic Head, Special Education and Educational Psychology, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Education, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Professor of Inclusion and Educational Psychology, Adelaide University
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Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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