Very little progress has been made on "once-in-a-generation" disability reforms since they were first announced in 2023, ...

The latest review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has had many participants and their families on edge. And on Thursday NDIS Minister Bill Shorten provided more details about ...

Ruth Faragher, who lives with Down syndrome, says support workers need to know when to step in and when to let a person do ...

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.

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 ...

A rebooted disability system should deliver baseline services to all people with a disability, especially children, rather than focus on individual NDIS packages.

Amid a growing backlash from the disability community about the review’s proposed NDIS ­reforms, advocates say children with autism are being “thrown under the bus” for the scheme’s ...

NDIS ‘no magic pudding’, says disabilities expert Bruce Bonyhady The cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme might be rising faster than we understand, the head of the government’s ...

The advent of the NDIS saw state and local governments largely abandon the field of providing a lot of the services they once provided to people with disabilities.

Disability service providers face considerable challenges in the new, market-based environment, writes David Gilchrist.