Disability
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By VicHealth, published in Australian Policy Online. This research summary defines disability and provides an overview of information regarding the health of people with disabilities and the underlying social determinants, using the population-based data that is available. Approximately one in five Australians has a disability. Disability may occur at any time in a person’s lifetime or may be present from birth. Some disabilities may be obvious, while others are hidden. Disability cuts across age, sex,…
Elizabeth Manning, Economics lecturer at Deakin University and first published in The Conversation. http://theconversation.edu.au/ndis-funding-a-start-but-limited-trial-means-a-long-wait-for-most-6903 The Australian Government’s 2012 budget contained an important step towards realising a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), with $1bn allocated over the next four years. Of these funds, $342.5 million will pay for individualised care and support for 10,000 people in four yet-to-be-announced “launch sites” in 2013-14. The trial will grow to include 20,000 people by 2014-15. The remainder of the…
Available here The Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) Reform Council recently released two reports assessing the performance of governments under the National Healthcare Agreement and the National Disability Agreement. While there is some good news in the reports, there are also areas where governments could be doing better. Healthcare 2010–11: Comparing performance across Australia This year the COAG Reform Council reports that hospital care is improving, but not consistently across Australia. Overall, the proportion of…
The NSW Council for Intellectual Disability has released fact sheets on: how Medicare Locals around Australia can act on the unmet health needs of people with intellectual disability how local intellectual disability groups can work with Medicare Locals. The three fact sheets are available here. One sheet is for Medicare Locals, one for intellectual disability groups and the third provides resources and references for both groups. Medicare Locals have been set up around Australia to…
