The Disability Royal Commission is holding a hearing this week on “preventing and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in disability services”. Continue Reading Media Release: Segregated living situations for people with disability are a recipe for abuse and neglect
Disability representative organisation People with Disability Australia has found people with disability are struggling to work out if they are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and are getting extremely inconsistent access to vaccination appointments. The national disabled people’s organisation has surveyed its members this month, finding a widespread lack of clarity around eligibility and patchy access… Continue Reading People with Disability Struggle to Access COVID vaccine
Friday 14 May, 2021 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed a 17-month extension to the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, now slated to end in September 2023. PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella said the extension of the DRC was a win for people with… Continue Reading PWDA celebrates 17-month extension to the Disability Royal Commission
The board of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has written to all state-and-territory disability ministers today urging them to ensure people with disability don’t miss out on COVID-19 injections if they want them. PWDA President Samantha Connor said today that disabled people and their supporters in the various states and territories were experiencing difficulties accessing… Continue Reading Media Release: Our board wants disability ministers to prioritise COVID-19 access for people with disability
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed $13.2 billion of funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme but has dubbed the latest Federal Budget “not a budget for people with disability.” The federal government will put in an extra $13.2b for the NDIS to be spent over four years. The disabled people’s organisation was the… Continue Reading Media Release: #Budget2021 ‘not a budget for people with disability’
The president of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has reprimanded the Australian Government for using “dodgy accounting” to frighten people about the expected cost of the nation’s National Disability Insurance Scheme. PWDA president Samantha Connor said the government was using scare tactics to sell a suite of reforms that would disadvantage people with disability. “Tonight,… Continue Reading Media Release: Government’s scare tactics on NDIS is based on ‘dodgy accounting’