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Lists of ‘eligible supports’ could be a backwards step for the NDIS and people with disability

What should or shouldn’t be funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme?

The Conversation

First Amendment Right to Post Videos of One's Disability-Claim Medical Examination

From yesterday's opinion in Ten Injured Workers v. State (Wash. Ct. App.), written by Chief Judge Lori Smith, joined by Judges Stephen Dwyer and Leonard Feldman; I'm not sure the analysis is quite right, but the result seems correct: In 2023, the legislature amended RCW 51.36.070 to allow injured workers…

Reason

Firm stance on disability funding talks with states

States and territories wrongly fear being lumped with the cost of disability support services, says the federal minister as spending continues to blow out.

AAP

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Special schools to stay despite advocates' opposition

As disability advocates call for an end to special schools, the federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping them operational.

AAP

The percentage of Australians with disability has surged in a few years. Here’s why

Updated figures show Australia has witnessed a significant surge in disability prevalence, marking a pivotal moment in the nation’s understanding and measurement of disability.

The Conversation

Inclusive sports festival for locals with a disability kicks off

Count Us In Sport festival was launched on Thursday.

Newcastle Herald

‘This is also about love!’: the Ukrainian disability campaigner on the brink of reality TV stardom

Amputee war hero Oleksandr Budko will use his appearance as a contestant on The Bachelor to fight stigma – and hopefully find a partner

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Arthur Lee Burton is executed in Texas after U.S. Supreme Court denied his application for a stay

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Arthur Burton's application for a stay based on evidence of his intellectual disability

Latin Times

Texas Man Faces Execution Despite Intellectual Disability Claims

Arthur Lee Burton faces execution in Texas for 1997 murder. Legal battle over alleged intellectual disability. Taberon Dave Honie set to be first Utah inma...

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Texas man whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled facing execution for 1997 killing of jogger

A Texas man described as intellectually disabled by his lawyers is facing execution for strangling and trying to rape a woman jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago

The Independent UK

Texas executes Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 killing of Houston jogger

Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.

The Texas Tribune

Disabled employees struggle to find workplace wellness

The workplace is often not a safe place for Australians living with a disability, who say they are being ignored and excluded from social gatherings.

AAP

A decade on from the port privatisation, did the city get bang for buck?

It's been a 10 years since the PoN was leased.

Newcastle Herald

If This Short FIlm Doesn't Inspire You To Go Do Your Dream Ride, IDEK

Sophie Morgan is a rider, disability advocate, and TV presenter who's been paralyzed since she was 18. She rode across the US in 2023, and this is her story.

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The Conversation

Tiered NDIS provider registration and a say on supports. Are we finally listening to people with disability?

When the review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was handed down at the end of last year, one of the more controversial recommendations was to make provider registration mandatory.

AAP

Proposed NDIS changes to fall under public eye

Australians are invited to have their say on what supports should and shouldn't be funded through the government's disability support scheme.

The Canberra Times

New parking spaces for Canberra Hospital will be ready this month

Govt says it's investigating more options to ease parking woes.

The Conversation

Missy Elliott tours as a headliner − and it’s about time

Missy Elliott’s first-ever headline tour, which stops in Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 2024, comes nearly three decades after she released her debut album, “Supa Dupa Fly,” in 1997.

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Headteacher paid damages in disability discrimination case against Ofsted

Exclusive: Schools watchdog refused Kelly Vaughan’s request to defer inspection after MS symptoms relapse

The Conversation

The federal government has only ‘noted’ a call to end special schools. What does this mean for students with disability?

We have just received the long-awaited response from the Australian government to the disability royal commission’s final report.

The Conversation

New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?

In 2008, Australia agreed to six targets to “close the gap” – to reduce the disparities between Indigenous people and the rest of the population in health, education and employment.

AAP

Disability reform chance squandered, say advocates

Claims it is delaying reforms recommended by the disability royal commission have been rejected by the federal government, despite concern from advocates.

The Guardian - AU

Period poverty in Australia is forcing people to make their own menstrual products

Report finds period poverty is spread across income brackets but affects more Indigenous people and people with disability

AAP

Special education to stay despite royal commission call

While a royal commission urged for special schools to be phased out for students with disabilities, states and territories say the arrangements will stay.

Newcastle Herald

Long-awaited Disability Royal Commission response leaves community cold

Federal Government adopts 13 of commission's 222 recommendations

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