People with Disability

Last week, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) released a new version of the Commissioning Framework for the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC). This… Read More

This week, NCOSS gave evidence in an Australian Senate inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme)… Read More

The NDIS website now includes 5 new Auslan videos that provide general information. The topics include: About the NDIS Permanent and Significant disability/reasonable and necessary… Read More

Disability Ministers from around the nation met in early September to discuss the progress of disability reforms. Key discussion points included the recent issues with… Read More

The Commonwealth Department of Health has recently written to the NSW service providers that deliver supports to people with disability who are aged 65 and… Read More

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has developed some guidance about the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) for consumers with disability. Four educational resources for… Read More

Now that the NDIS is rolling out across more areas of NSW, we thought it would be good to provide some general information about how… Read More

Last week, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) released its Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Decision Paper. Following on from earlier papers, the Decision Paper clarifies… Read More

The Review of the National Disability Advocacy Program (NDAP) was announced yesterday by the Assistant Minister for Disability Services, the Hon. Jane Prentice. Submissions are… Read More

For the last 18 months, NCOSS and its members have been seeking certainty over the funding future of disability advocacy, information and representative organisations. Last… Read More

Early April saw more information about housing and the NDIS released with the publication of the Specialist Disability Accommodation Position Paper on Draft Pricing and… Read More

On 4 March, the Disability Reform Council (made up of Commonwealth, State and Territory leaders with responsibility for disability issues) met to discuss the progress… Read More