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National Benchmarking Survey Shows Disability Service Providers How They ‘Stack Up’

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 1st May 2018 -  Disability service providers are being encouraged to take part in a national benchmarking survey that aims to offer vital market intelligence and give providers a competitive edge.…

Reflections on the First Episode of the ABC’s Employable Me

Bill Gamack, Friday, 6th April 2018 -  Employable Me is a real and raw depiction of the challenges associated with job hunting when you have a disability, writes EPIC Assist CEO Bill Gamack. For a while now, I’ve been eagerly…

Opinion

Listen and Learn: The Importance of Parking Our Prejudice

Bill Gamack, Thursday, 5th April 2018 -  EPIC Assist CEO Bill Gamack shares his learnings from Jon Faine’s controversial interview with Carly Findlay. I was moved to write this piece after listening to Jon Faine’s interview…

NDIS Causing ‘Growing Catastrophe’ For Victorians With Severe Mental Illness

Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 -  A new report has estimated that 90 per cent of Victorians living with severe mental illness will be worse off under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with vital community …

Opinion

It’s Time to Make Hearing Health a Priority

Hamish Fairlie, Thursday, 29th March 2018 -  Disability should be perceived as a spectrum, writes 17 year old Hamish Fairlie, who took the floor at the 2018 Power of Speech event on Monday to set the record straight around what …

Unpacking The Challenges of Specialist Disability Accommodation

Contributor, Tuesday, 27th March 2018 -  A look at some of the key issues surrounding Specialist Disability Accommodation, ahead of the upcoming Shaping the Future of Disability Housing national conference. For those …

Government Called on to Employ More People With Disability in Public Service

Luke Michael, Monday, 26th March 2018 -  The federal government has been urged to show leadership and get more people with disability working in the Australian Public Service, after three state governments recently announced…

Mental Illness a Leading Cause of Disability for Australian Women

Luke Michael, Friday, 9th March 2018 -  Mental illness is a leading cause of disability for women in Australia, and social factors are putting women at a higher risk of experiencing anxiety and depression than men, a prominent…

The Issue of Equity in the Market

Gemma Carey, Tuesday, 6th March 2018 -  Markets are all well and good, but with the NDIS, we have to be careful that we don’t sacrifice equity in the name of efficiency, writes Associate Professor Gemma Carey. Market approaches…

Changemaker

The Power of Cricket to Help People with Disability

Luke Michael, Monday, 5th February 2018 -  Jason Schmidt is the southern coordinator for the Special Olympics, and has launched initiatives to get people with disability playing cricket. He is this week’s Changemaker. Schmidt…

NDIS: Get Big, Get Niche or Get Out

Contributor, Tuesday, 30th January 2018 -  Ahead of their upcoming Delivering Quality in the NDIS Conference, Criterion ask: Where are we now when it comes to the NDIS? Back in 2013 at the very first pre-NDIS conference, “Get…

Calls for Harsher Penalties for Leaving People with Disability in Hot Cars

Luke Michael, Thursday, 18th January 2018 -  Disability advocates have called for harsher penalties for service providers leaving vulnerable people with disabilities in cars, after reports emerged a person with disability…

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