Calls for disability providers to shift towards service culture
Stakeholders have called for a shift towards a service culture by disability providers, including training for management committees and ‘quality...
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Disability Royal Commissioner steps down
Disability Royal Commissioner Roslyn Atkinson will step down from her role for personal reasons. Roslyn Atkinson Royal Commission chair Ronald...
Disability RC lashes government over COVID ‘failures’
The chair of the disability royal commission has slammed the federal government for failing to protect people with disability in...
178,000 reports of unauthorised chemical restraint on NDIS participants
Psychotropic drugs are over-used in Australia to control concerning behaviour in people with disability, most of whom have no say...
Disability providers ‘bottom of PPE pecking order’
Disability service providers were told in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic they could only access PPE if hospitals...
Women with disability at greater risk of violence during lockdown
Women with disability are experiencing three times the rate of family violence during COVID-19 as their able-bodied counterparts, the disability...
Disability royal commission puts spotlight on COVID
The disability royal commission will examine the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with disability when it resumes...
Investigation must look at effectiveness of NDIS watchdog
There are calls for the latest investigation into the death of NDIS participant Anne Marie Smith to look at whether...
COVID disability management plan released
The Australian Government has launched its COVID-19 management plan for people with disability following concerns that the nation's 4.4 million...
Disability Royal Commission issues Statement of Concern
The disability royal commission has issued a statement of concern about the impact of COVID-19 on people with disability calling...
RC hears health professionals have turned their back on disability
Health professionals have turned their back on disability and the NDIS is exacerbating the disconnect, the disability royal commission has...
Australia Day Honour for disability advocate
Disability advocate Carly Findlay is thrilled to have been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service...