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![<p>From 1 March 2020, NDIS participants will be able to use their plan’s core support funding to claim service provider costs. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/shutterstock_78091084.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Boost to flexibility in transport funding for NDIS participants
This week, Minister for the National Disability and Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Stuart Robert, announced greater... Read more
![<p>“People will continue to receive inappropriate supports in their NDIS package if they are assessed as eligible,” says Ms Hancock. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/04-Feb-NDIS-Mental-Health.jpg?fm=pjpg)
People with severe mental illness face difficulties accessing NDIS
Those with severe mental illness are facing additional problems accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme... Read more
![<p>Stem cells offer great promise as a potential treatment for a variety of neurological conditions. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/3022020-PREMSTEM-Research.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Funding announced for new pre-term stem cell research
Researchers have received €9 million (AUD $14.7 million) in funding to look into preterm births and stem cell research... Read more
Carly Findlay receives Order of Australia honours
Author and disability advocate Carly Findlay has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as a part of the 2020... Read more
![<p>[The increase of the market and business available is to ensure NDIS participants are able to have greater choice and control in accessing services.] (Source: Shutterstock)</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/30012020-January-Transitional-funding.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Businesses awarded grants to help build the NDIS provider market
446 businesses across Australia will share in approximately $9 million of funding from the Government to help their... Read more
What disability providers need to know about the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability continues in 2020 with... Read more
![<p>[The Commissioners have been directed to inquire into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability] (Source: Shutterstock)</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/shutterstock_1033389229.jpg?fm=pjpg)
The 2019 Disability Royal Commission progress report and what’s happening in 2020
The Royal Commission into the Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has this week released... Read more
![<p>(With a change in weather the immediate threat of fires has diminished, however reality is that the bushfire season is far from over. [Source: Shutterstock]).</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/Bush-Fire.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Australia’s disaster planning needs to include those with disability
Australians across the country have faced a harrowing start to this year’s bushfire season, with houses lost,... Read more
![<p>(Over the three-year period, more than 1,200 Australians, including 65 children, died while waiting for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support. [Source: Shutterstock])</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/shutterstock_1581345379-1.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Tune review highlights NDIS has a long way to go as wait times cause deaths
An independent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was released today highlighting frustrations... Read more
![<p>[The funding for the ABC and SBS was announced before Christmas by Federal Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP] [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/shutterstock_360211148.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Audio description services set to go live in July for ABC and SBS
The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) have been given $2 million of... Read more