According to recent figures, about 250,000 children under the age of 15 participate in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But a new scoping review out of the University of Adelaide has ...

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Karen R Fisher receives funding from ARC. On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS ...

The federal Labor government is carrying out a drastic overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), aiming to cut $60 billion from projected disability spending over the next decade.

Psychiatrists say the federal government could prevent many Australians with psychosocial disability from ending up on the NDIS if it bolstered mental health support. NDIS advocates argue the scheme ...

She’s bored and frustrated, as is the young man in her shared room; he has Down syndrome and is deaf, and never receives visitors. But life on the ward – which also houses a person with disability who ...

Among other changes, the Albanese government is introducing alternative support programs – particularly for those with less severe disabilities Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...

Thousands of Australians with high levels of functional impairment due to mental health challenges are being neglected by the government and are likely to end up on the National Disability Insurance ...

Developmental delay will be a big part of the new NDIS alternative for some kids. But what does the phrase mean and how can ...

Disability providers will open their books in exchange for $45m in grants as part of an NDIS costs review, but those in the sector say the probe is just a distraction from ongoing cuts and freezes.

At the moment participants who seek funds need to prove they have a disability in order to get support. Often that comes in the guise of expensive medical reports from GPs, specialists or allied ...