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Some Indigenous people afraid to seek help and those on NDIS plans not made aware of funding they can access, royal commission hears

A royal commission has been told there is less support for disabled people in a remote WA town under the NDIS compared with the old state-based system.

The disability royal commission has been told the National Disability Insurance Scheme has failed in remote Indigenous communities.

Disability royal commission begins hearings in Alice Springs focused on NDIS for First Nations people

More than 400 clients and 61 staff members face an uncertain future when a Gippsland mental health support service closes its doors for the final time today.

When Benalla’s Centrelink and NDIS offices abruptly closed last year, residents were told there would be community consultation and a new site established. That has yet to happen.

People with disability are over-represented in prison and some are criminalised because of behaviours related to their disability. But they are unlikely to have their disability recognised or adjusted for, and the connection between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the criminal justice system has long been problematic.

Canberra Hospital has received accreditation for another three years.

Territory and federal governments are likely to continue collaborating to combat surging COVID-19 cases.

The Activ Foundation, which employs people with disabilities, has secured funding to keep its industrial worksites open for another 18 months, but families of the employees say it's only a temporary fix.

Curbing opportunities for disabled people by focusing on and rewarding limitations is the opposite of what was intended