The 22-year-old, who has Down’s syndrome, relies on social and community programs – half of which are set to be axed from the disability insurance scheme ...

Before the NDIS, disability support was run by the states and territories, defined by fragmentation, scarcity and segregation. Under the Commonwealth's dramatic cuts to the now-$50 billion scheme, the ...

Legislation designed to save $35 billion in NDIS spending is introduced to parliament, revealing new powers for the minister to cut funding to classes of supports, automate some decisions and create ...

Hundreds of thousands of children with autism will be diverted away from the NDIS under a new scheme announced by the federal government. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler today proposed removing ...

Reform that removes support before alternatives exist is not reform. It is the displacement of risk onto people with disability, families, and already-strained systems.

The Brotherhood of St Laurence is set to axe up to 45 of its early childhood coordinator roles, currently funded under a ...

Official estimates predict that by 2032, more than one million Australians will be supported by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Much of the focus on the NDIS has been with how much it ...

The National Disability Insurance Scheme has already exceeded full-year participant forecasts that were released just months ago, and the program is experiencing strong enrolment rates among children ...

The federal budget put the NDIS at the centre of its savings task. The budget booked $37.8 billion in NDIS savings over four years. It is the single largest line in the treasurer’s savings package. It ...

When Lillian Rowsell was in her final year of school and unable to continue formal education, her parents found a creative ...