We’re getting better at early identification and adult diagnosis has contributed to NDIS numbers. But functional impairment is likely to be given greater emphasis in the NDIS reboot.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on NDIS
Displaying 21 - 40 of 196 articles
Currently, when someone turns 65 they are not eligible to apply for NDIS support, even if they had disability before then. We asked experts if that should change.
Over 20% of people diagnosed with brain cancer survive longer than five years. But the NDIS may not recognise their need for support to live, work, learn and play.
In this podcast, Greens Senator and disability advocate Jordon Steele-John, who campaigned for the Royal Commission, joins The Conversation to give us his take on the report.
The new Quarterly Essay weaves personal history and detailed policy analysis, examining the unintended consequences of the NDIS, and how we can best realise the scheme’s original intent.
Parents are their child’s first and most important supports. Parents and carers of children with disability need help to maximise this relationship – and the NDIS should provide it.
Many students with a disability are bullied, excluded and do not feel welcome in Australian schools. They cannot be ignored in the next National School Reform Agreement.
Developmental delay is viewed clinically as a temporary state where children are slower to develop than expected. It is most often used for children under five.
We spoke to young people with intellectual disability. They had the same goals for life after high school as most people their age. But they felt ‘stuck’.
Research shows nearly 20% of the poorer mental health reported by young adults with disability could be alleviated by helping those who want to work into jobs.
The increase in children with developmental concerns may flow from the erosion of protective factors that support children during early development.
In this podcast, Bill Shorten joins The Conversation to discuss the aftermath of the royal commission report, and progress reforming the NDIS to make it more sustainable.
The NDIS needs to focus on helping people with disability reach their goals rather than what they can’t do. It’s time the NDIS returned to its roots.
Intended to be a no-fault insurance scheme for Australians with severe and permanent disability, the NDIS has changed lives but also been the subject of controversy in its first decade.
Just having hyperactive, impulsive, and inattentive symptoms is not sufficient to qualify for a diagnosis of ADHD. Symptoms need to have a negative effect.
Though more research is needed, the idea is a relatively small amount of support early on can help prevent future difficulties.
Plans to use buying power to save money on assistive technology for NDIS participants should be approached with caution. Otherwise, savings may come at the cost of a person-first approach.
How can the concept of ‘evidence-based practice’ be applied to individualised disability support?
In this podcast, former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley, chair of the National Disability Insurance Authority, which implements the scheme, discusses its issues and the road ahead
People with disability have a worrying sense of deja vu about the current NDIS cost concerns.
Job Board
-
Case Management Specialist
-
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Marketing
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
Top contributors
-
Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
-
Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
-
Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
-
Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
-
Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
-
Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
-
ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
-
Senior Lecturer Economics, Deakin University
-
Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
-
Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Centres for Business and Social innovation, and Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, University of Technology Sydney
-
Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
-
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing; Professor, School of Disability Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
-
Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
