The following a series of articles republished from The Conversation.
The NDIS is delivering ‘reasonable and necessary’ supports for some, but others are missing out.
How to improve the NDIS for people who have an intellectual disability as well as a mental illness.
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Let’s be honest, there’s more wrong with the NDIS than just ‘teething problems’
When participants enter the NDIS, they go through a planning process to determine their reasonable and necessary supports.
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Damian Palmer, Charles Sturt University
It’s widely known there are significant problems with the way the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is operating.
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The NDIS hasn’t made much difference to carers’ opportunities for paid work
Many carers of people with disability face barriers to paid employment.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began a full national rollout in July 2016 with a fundamental objective to give those with a disability choice and control over their daily lives.
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How to improve the NDIS for people who have an intellectual disability as well as a mental illness
People with mental illness as well as an intellectual disability find it harder to receive sufficient NDIS supports.
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The NDIS is delivering ‘reasonable and necessary’ supports for some, but others are missing out
The majority of NDIS participants are happy with the support they’ve received under the scheme.
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Carmel Laragy, RMIT University
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began a full national rollout in July,
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The following is a link to the essence of a presentation given at the University of Wollongong Innovation Campus for the Desert Rose project. It aims to give an overview of my perspective of dementia and covers some of the strategies I have employed to cope.
My Strategies This link is to a high resolution video.
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Reframing The Rhetoric Around Dementia
The following is a link the a presentation prepared for the 2017 Dementia Australia Conference. Reframing The Rhetoric Around Dementia (2017)
The better use and more considered use of language around Dementia can help reduce many of the stigmas around dementia.
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Why people with dementia don’t all behave the same
People with dementia experience a range of psychological symptoms and behaviour changes.
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Lila Landowski, University of Tasmania
Dementia is the is the leading cause of death among Australian women and the third most common cause of death among men.
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