Hearing services change from 1 July
The National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Australian Government’s Hearing Services Program will have different roles in providing supports to people with hearing difficulties. But they will work together from 1 July to make sure that quality hearing services continue to be available to people of all ages. To do this there have been some […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Hearing services change from 1 July 2020
The National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Australian Government’s Hearing Services Program will have different roles in providing supports to people with hearing difficulties. But they will work together from 1 July to make sure that quality hearing services continue to be available to people of all ages. To do this there have been some […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Safeguarding Task Force Interim Report Released
An urgent review prompted by the death of Ann-Marie Smith in South Australia has found the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) needs to get better at identifying vulnerable care recipients, and improve the supervision of in-home workers. The State Government of South Australia set-up a 12-member Task Force last month to examine gaps in oversight […]
Source: AFDO
Beware of Scam Charity Calls
Scammers are increasingly impersonating real charities to take advantage of people’s generosity and compassion over recent years, and there has been an increase in charity scams relating to COVID-19 over recent months. A charity scam involves being contacted by somebody claiming to be from a charity. Contact can be made by phone, mail, email, or […]
Source: AFDO
The Ruin of Captel
Read the article, The Ruin of Captel in the 3 March 2020 edition of the One in Six newsletter (page 11).
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
First Nations People with Disability issues paper and advisory group
The latest issues paper released by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability seeks information about the experiences of First Nations people with disability.
The issues paper asks 12 questions to help people and organisations to provide responses.
Source: DANA
