Psychiatrists say the federal government could prevent many Australians with psychosocial disability from ending up on the NDIS if it bolstered mental health support. NDIS advocates argue the scheme ...
Health Minister Mark Butler said the initial $2bn program hopes to “secure the future” of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), amid government forecasts that the scheme will blow out to ...
The agency responsible for administering Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) recently went live with its first piece of work as part of a multi-phase, multi-year digital ...
New research from Western Sydney University, conducted and funded in partnership with major not-for-profit disability service provider Northcott, has shed light on the challenges autistic young school ...
We’re getting better at early identification and adult diagnosis has contributed to NDIS numbers. But functional impairment is likely to be given greater emphasis in the NDIS reboot. Currently, when ...
"The only lifeboat in the ocean" or the "oasis in the desert". Whatever euphemism you choose to use, it's been made crystal clear: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) simply can't assist ...
The government has unveiled its most radical NDIS reform yet, creating a separate system for children with mild disabilities while promising to protect those with severe needs. Minister for Health, ...
An analysis of the National Disability Insurance Scheme by The Age has revealed 56,000 of the 78,600 people who signed up to the NDIS in the 12 months leading to June 2025 had autism as their primary ...
She’s bored and frustrated, as is the young man in her shared room; he has Down syndrome and is deaf, and never receives visitors. But life on the ward – which also houses a person with disability who ...