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  • NDIS

    Links to NDIS related resources, plus your experiences of the scheme

  • Entitlements & Concessions

    Info on entitlements or concessions that you should know about.

  • Complaints & Advocacy

    Who to contact if you need to make a complaint or seek support

  • Useful Resources

    Facebook groups, websites and stuff that would be useful to know.

  • NDIS

    NDIS QUALITY AND SAFEGUARDING RESOURCES

    The NDIS Commission can help NDIS participants, and their families and carers, to resolve concerns …

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    Worker Screening for Self-managing participants

    The NDIS has produced a number of guides on how to screen support workers for …

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    NDIS Assistive Technology Guidelines

    The NDIS have produced new Guidelines for Assistive Technology It explains how AT equipment, technology …

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    Apartment living – SDA style

    Tristram Peters is a writer, editor, and disability advocate. He works as a content producer …

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    Living Independently

    This story, by the ABC, focuses on the quiet housing revolution slowly giving Australians with …

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    Self-management during COVID-19

    The NDIS have released a pack about self-management, putting all the information in one place …

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    NDIS Toolkit

    We’ve put together these Frequently Asked Questions to help you navigate your way through the …

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    Home Mods

    The NDIS have a lot of detailed information on home modifications and how to be …

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    NDIS Support Budgets

    This video explains NDIS Plan budgets and rules For more information on types of support …

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    Food for the Soul

    What NDIS Funding Has Meant for Me My name is Sarah. I was diagnosed with …

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    Assistive Technology and the NDIS

    Like many technologies, AT ranges from the really simple to the very complex and sometimes …

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    Interview with a Grandmother – A Family Story Part 2

      Anne-Maree Warman shares the second part of her conversation with MDNSW Project Officer Carolyn …

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    The Journey towards Self-Management

    Back in 2007 I worked as a research associate on an evaluation of the pilot …

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    What happens during a NDIS planning meeting

    Youth Disability Advocacy Service talked to young people with disability about what happens during a …

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    Entitlements & Concessions

    Discounts, Bills and Blackouts

    Recently we held a Peer Connect session around the essential topic of energy in the …

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    Transport Options, Concessions and Entitlements

    Accessible hire vehicles Disability Hire Vehicles in Mulgrave, Sydney Integrity Car Sales and Rentals in: …

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    Entitlements and Concessions

    National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) The NDIS is available for people with a significant and …

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    Complaints & Advocacy

    NDIS QUALITY AND SAFEGUARDING RESOURCES

    The NDIS Commission can help NDIS participants, and their families and carers, to resolve concerns …

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    Complaints and Advocacy Links

    Complaint Organisations National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1800 880 052 NDIS Quality and Safeguards …

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    The Rights of People with Disabilities

    The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, spoken by people with disability. …

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    Living a Full Life with Muscular Dystrophy

    This video from Canada is about a man with Becker MD, who challenges society’s assumptions …

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    Useful Resources

    Legal Advice for people with Disability

    The Australian Centre for Disability Law is a NSW state-wide Community Legal Centre specialising in …

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    Sunny – an app for women with disability who have experienced violence

    Sunny is 1800RESPECT’s app for women with disability who have experienced violence and abuse. Sunny …

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    Discounts, Bills and Blackouts

    Recently we held a Peer Connect session around the essential topic of energy in the …

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    Disability Royal Commission – Counselling and support service

    Counselling and support for people affected by the Disability Royal Commission Relationships Australia NSW is …

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    Disability Gateway

    The Disability Gateway is for all Australians with disability, whether they are a National Disability …

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    Self-management during COVID-19

    The NDIS have released a pack about self-management, putting all the information in one place …

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    The Loop

    When it comes to useful resources for people living with neuromuscular conditions, The Loop is …

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    Resources for parents

    The office of the NSW Kid’s Guardian has produced a comprehensive list of resources of  …

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    Neuromuscular Fact Sheets

    To address some of the issues identified by people with neuromuscular conditions in getting appropriate …

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    Coronavirus Information

    A COVID-19 (Coronavirus) infection can cause mild to severe respiratory illness. The virus can spread …

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