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Athletes drive to make table tennis a smash at national Special Olympics debut
By Nikki Sorbello
Queensland will send a team of 14 athletes to compete at the table tennis debut at the national games, with three participants from the same regional club.
#PeopleWithDisability #TableTennis #Athletics #HumanInterest #Sport #NikkiSorbello
How services failed a foster child's transition to adulthood
By Adam Holmes
Coby spends his days at his computer. His experiences with Tasmania's Child Safety Services during while in foster care have left him anxious and distrustful, and his NDIS plan failed to prepare him for life as an adult. Then they tried to move him into public housing.
#SupportServices #ChildrensHealth #DisabilityAccess #PeopleWithDisability #AdamHolmes
Teacher support team faces job cuts a week after minister's denial
By Josh Duggan
Tasmanian Education Minister Jo Palmer's office claimed there were no proposals to cut a specialist team that works with teachers. A week later, the team is being cut by a quarter.
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #DisabilityAccess #PeopleWithDisability #JoshDuggan
What is and isn't changing today as Thriving Kids begins By Nas Campanella and Evan Young The first phase of the NDIS alternative for some kids under nine with developmental delay and autism begins today. Here's what's actually changing. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/ndis-thriving-kids-changes/107151392 #Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #Disability #NDIS #AusPol
What is and isn't changing today as Thriving Kids begins
By Nas Campanella and Evan Young
The first phase of the NDIS alternative for some kids under nine with developmental delay and autism begins today. Here's what's actually changing.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/ndis-thriving-kids-changes/107151392
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #Children #StateandTerritoryGovernment #FederalGovernment #Health #NasCampanella #EvanYoung
Billions slashed from NDIS packages as reassessments lead to more cuts By Evan Young As NDIS participants brace for cuts to community supports from tomorrow, documents show the agency running the scheme has been slashing packages overall. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/billions-slashed-from-ndis-packages-on-reassessment/107206546 #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #NDIS #Disability #AusPol
Billions slashed from NDIS packages as reassessments lead to more cuts
By Evan Young
As NDIS participants brace for cuts to community supports from tomorrow, documents show the agency running the scheme has been slashing packages overall.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/billions-slashed-from-ndis-packages-on-reassessment/107206546
#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #Government #FederalGovernment #EvanYoung
#NDIS replacement: Thriving Kids set to begin in Canberra amid waiting-list fears By Niki Burnside Thriving Kids is available to all children experiencing developmental delays, with the first phase of its roll-out beginning on October 1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/thriving-kids-program-to-be-rolled-out-canberra-october/107210308 #PeopleWithDisability #Disability #AusPol
Thriving Kids set to begin in Canberra amid waiting-list fears
By Niki Burnside
Thriving Kids is available to all children experiencing developmental delays, with the first phase of its roll-out beginning on October 1.
Government moves on NDIS providers offering gifts in remote NT communities By James Elton The federal government is cracking down on NDIS providers offering residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities gifts, including food, alcohol and tobacco. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/ndis-changes-unscrupulous-providers-remote-communities-nt/107207208 #Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #NDIS #Disability #AusPol
Government moves on NDIS providers offering gifts in remote NT communities
By James Elton
The federal government is cracking down on NDIS providers offering residents in remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities gifts, including food, alcohol and tobacco.
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #FederalGovernment #JamesElton
NDIS advocates are pushing for alternatives to group homes
By Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd
Disability accommodation support is under federal government review to reduce NDIS costs, advocates say it should also encourage providers to expand the types of housing offered.
#Disabilities #HousingPolicy #FederalGovernment #PeopleWithDisability #NasCampanella #MaryLloyd
Serious NDIS complaints languishing as regulator grapples with backlog
By Elise Kinsella
NDIS participants say serious reports of abuse, neglect and fraud are languishing as internal data reveals the regulator is grappling with a significant backlog of complaints.
NDIS housing provider goes bust as liquidator questions missing cash By Jessica Longbottom Dozens of investors put their savings into the Fairy Meadow House project in Wollongong which raised some $10 million, but nothing was ever built. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-27/ndis-housing-provider-fairy-meadow-house-goes-bust/107190992 #PeopleWithDisability #NDIS #Disability #AusPol
NDIS housing provider goes bust as liquidator questions missing cash
By Jessica Longbottom
Dozens of investors put their savings into the Fairy Meadow House project in Wollongong which raised some $10 million, but nothing was ever built.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-27/ndis-housing-provider-fairy-meadow-house-goes-bust/107190992
#PeopleWithDisability #Bankruptcy #HealthPolicy #DisabilityAccess #JessicaLongbottom
Queensland yet to sign on to Thriving Kids a week from launch
By Evan Young and Nas Campanella
The federal health minister has denounced the Queensland government over its refusal to sign up for Thriving Kids, a week before its first phase is set to begin.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-23/queensland-lashed-over-ndis-thriving-kids-delay/107159054
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #Health #ChildrensHealth #HealthPolicy #EvanYoung #NasCampanella
'Emaciated' woman never accessed NDIS funding despite approval, inquest told
By Eva Blandis
A woman with an intellectual disability who was "emaciated" at the time of her death never accessed tens of thousands of dollars' worth of disability support funding despite prior approval, an inquest hears.
#Courts #DeathandDying #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #EvaBlandis
disabled community fears early NDIS cut onslaught By Georgia Roberts Canberra community members are concerned that the closure of a local NDIS program does not bode well ahead of looming federal cuts to the scheme. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/ndis-provider-shutters-day-program/107172144 #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #NDIS #Disability #AusPol
'Disappointed' disabled community fears early NDIS cut onslaught
By Georgia Roberts
Canberra community members are concerned that the closure of a local NDIS program does not bode well ahead of looming federal cuts to the scheme.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/ndis-provider-shutters-day-program/107172144
Mother charged over hidden recording device in son's clothing
By Danielle Kutchel
A Gippsland mother has been charged by police after sewing a recording device into her non-verbal son's school clothes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-19/gippsland-mother-charged-hidden-recording-device/107172332
Being Heumann already a big win for disability representation on screen
By Claudia Forsberg
Did you know there was an American disability rights movement that can be traced back to the 1970s? A new movie coming out in November will tell the story about the woman at the centre of it.
#Movies #PeopleWithDisability #BiographicalFilms #Disabilities #ClaudiaForsberg
Disability advocate's tragic drowning spurs life-saving gesture
By Emma Haskin
Ellen Fraser-Barbour's drowning at a popular swimming hole in central Australia prompts the NT's St John Ambulance service to install an automated external defibrillator at the site to commemorate her disability advocacy work.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/south-australian-disablity-advocate-remembered/107162856
#Drownings #PeopleWithDisability #FuneralsandMemorialServices #RegionalCommunities #EmmaHaskin
About 2 per cent of hotel rooms are accessible in major Queensland cities
By Sarah Richards
A new report has audited hotel rooms in key 2032 Olympics and Paralympics destinations across Brisbane, Cairns and the Gold Coast.
#TravelandTourism #OlympicGames #PeopleWithDisability #ParalympicGames #SarahRichards
'Inhumane and unfair': NDIS clients stuck in hospital for months By Bec Pridham A disability advocate says three men being left in a Tasmanian hospital for months because they can't secure extra NDIS support to manage at home is "inhumane and unfair". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/tas-three-ndis-clients-stuck-in-north-west-hospital/107158522 #HealthPolicy #PeopleWithDisability #Disability #NDIS #AusPol
'Inhumane and unfair': NDIS clients stuck in hospital for months
By Bec Pridham
A disability advocate says three men being left in a Tasmanian hospital for months because they can't secure extra NDIS support to manage at home is "inhumane and unfair".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/tas-three-ndis-clients-stuck-in-north-west-hospital/107158522
Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver Brown
When Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
Human rights complaint lodged over 'ableist' driving standards
By Sarah Richards
Casey Archbald says there is no "evidence" to support including autism in the national medical standards that determine whether a person can drive safely.
#AutismSpectrumDisorder #PeopleWithDisability #Transport #SarahRichards
#NDIS slash & burn example: ABC Feeds (@abcfeeds): NDIS slashes Brisbane woman's physical therapy hours, citing 'value for money' By Janelle Miles A bleed on April Coulson's spinal cord left her paralysed. Funding for her NDIS plan has been slashed. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/paralysed-queensland-woman-loses-ndis-funding/107130472 #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #HealthPolicy #JanelleMiles #Disability #AusPol
NDIS slashes Brisbane woman’s physical therapy hours against expert advice
April Coulson went to bed one night as an active, independent teenager and woke up unable to move…
#Australia #Brisbane #Albanesegovernment #AprilCoulson #Aruma #disabilities #MartinLaverty #nationaldisabilityinsuranceagency #nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #ndia #ndis #paralysed #peoplewithdisability #physicaltherapy #supportworkers #wheelchair
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NDIS slashes Brisbane woman's physical therapy hours, citing 'value for money'
By Janelle Miles
A bleed on April Coulson's spinal cord left her paralysed. Funding for her NDIS plan has been slashed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/paralysed-queensland-woman-loses-ndis-funding/107130472
#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #HealthPolicy #JanelleMiles
How Deaf people connect with music, from Beethoven to haptic vests
By Ria Andriani
Deaf musicians have shaped classical music for centuries, but only recently have innovations like haptic vests and Auslan signers enabled deeper connections.
#ClassicalMusic #PeopleWithDisability #DisabilityAccess #RiaAndriani
Special school sexual abuse allegations with authorities, premier says
By Danielle Kutchel
The Victorian premier says allegations of almost two decades of sexual abuse at a Traralgon special school are "harrowing".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/latrobe-sds-premier-response-allegations/107107104
Victorian man arrested over alleged $700,000 NDIS fraud
By Lua Ikenasio and Sarah Buchecker
Investigators allege the man set up two businesses and submitted false invoices for services he did not receive.
Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
By Bethanie Alderson
The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann-marie-smith-family-suffer-heartbreak-daily/107071054
#Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson
What we heard in powerful testimony from witnesses at NDIS inquiry
By Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd
A Senate inquiry into the proposed NDIS shake-up was told the government must stamp out rorting, while avoiding cuts that could put participants in unsafe environments and cause carers to burn out. Here are the key takeaways from the six days of hearings.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/ndis-senate-inquiry-main-takeaways/107002938
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #FederalGovernment #NasCampanella #MaryLloyd
Nicci just lost her husband, now she fears she'll lose her support
By Georgia Roberts
NDIS recipient Nicci Carlson, who is in constant pain and may soon lose her eyesight, says cuts to the scheme are making vulnerable people living with a disability scapegoats for Australians hit hard by cost-of-living pressures.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/looming-ndis-cuts-instil-fear-in-canberrans/106857198
#FederalGovernment #PeopleWithDisability #StateandTerritoryParliament #GeorgiaRoberts
NDIS provider pockets $1 million after incorrectly billing participants
By Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd
Some NDIS service providers have been referred to the ACCC as the government reveals thousands have been engaging in questionable billing practices, including using funds to pay for float tanks and golf lessons.
#Disabilities #PeopleWithDisability #FederalParliament #Crime #NasCampanella #MaryLloyd
Queensland disability council seats still vacant almost one year on
By Alex Brewster and Sarah Richards
The group advises the Queensland government on disability-related issues and last met with Disability Minister Amanda Camm in June 2025.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/qld-disability-council-queensland-vacancy/106970710
#PeopleWithDisability #StateandTerritoryGovernment #AlexBrewster #SarahRichards
Uber removes 'unacceptable' surcharge for disabled passengers
By Nas Campanella and Mary Lloyd
Uber has reversed its decision to impose a $5 fee on passengers requiring extra assistance, after advocates and service providers labelled it discriminatory and a "disability tax".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/uber-backflips-on-assist-charge-after-criticism/106917484
#Transport #DisabilityAccess #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #NasCampanella #MaryLloyd
NDIS 'failing' some of the very people it was set up to protect
By Janelle Miles
Experts say the National Disability Insurance Scheme is failing people like Lucy, whose one-on-one care for severe disability has been deemed "not value for money".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/ndis-ndia-failing-lucy-muggeridge-disability-care/106897144
Smart glasses help vision-impaired despite privacy concerns
By Nabil Al-Nashar
For people who are blind, AI-powered smart glasses deliver a level of independence that was once out of reach, but the rise of wearable cameras also raises urgent questions about surveillance, consent and the law.
#PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #Technology #NabilAlNashar