The states and the commonwealth currently spend $450 million a year on community mental health services. When the NDIS becomes fully operational in July 2016 that will increase to $1.8 billion a year, ...

A long-running review of the NDIS has handed down an interim report, identifying five key areas of concern The authors are calling for feedback from the Australian public, especially people with ...

While each of their stories is different, the results are frustratingly similar — dealing with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has driven some of the most vulnerable people in our ...

The complexity of the NDIS is proving too much for families, some of which ultimately give up on obtaining support, warns a child health group. Families “give up” trying to navigate the complex system ...

Ki Cooper, 42, has a rare genetic condition that gives her an intellectual disability and forces her to be in a wheelchair. For most of Ki’s life, her mother Deborah Cooper provided care without ...

While most families have quickly got access to extra therapy under the NDIS trials there are still lengthy delays for wheelchairs and up to a third of those with a mental illness have missed out on a ...

She is one of hundreds of people in South Australia impacted by the closure of a well-respected business providing essential support for families like hers. This week Gabby Hall, owner of My Care ...

Libby Callaway receives funding from the Australian government Department of Health and Ageing, and the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria. She is the voluntary President of the Australian ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The mother of an eight-year-old boy with severe autism has detailed her “exhausting” administrative battle for NDIS funding while ...