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![<p>The new and combined Vision 2020 Australia will act as the single peak body for the blind and low vision community [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/9-April-blind.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Australian Blindness Forum and Vision 2020 Australia join forces to create single peak body
Two disability boards have joined forces to create a single peak body for service providers working in the blindness and... Read more
![<p>Advocates are calling on two Commissioners of the inquiry to step down, having previously held positions in State and Federal public services [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/8-April-RC.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Commissioners urged to step down due to conflict of interest
People with disability, peak bodies and advocates are calling for two Commissioners to step down from their recently... Read more
![<p>The Commissioners overseeing the Royal Commission were also announced [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/5-April-RC.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability Royal Commission officially announced
The much-needed and anticipated Royal Commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation has been officially... Read more
![<p>The platform was created to provide the best tools, support and information for families of children with autism and other developmental delays [Source: Rockmelon]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/Rockmelon-4-March.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Digital platform launches to help parents of children with autism
A new Australian tech company has launched a digital platform to support the families of children with autism and... Read more
![<p>Among the announcements is a seven-year commitment to improving Australia’s mental health across a number of initiatives [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/3-March-budget.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Federal Budget 2019-20 – what this means for people with disability
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s announcement of the Federal Budget 2019-20 had disability advocates overjoyed at Royal... Read more
![<p>Prices for NDIS funded therapy, attendant care and community participation will be boosted, effective 1 July 2019 [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/3-April-providers.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Providers welcome NDIS price increase
Disability providers have welcomed the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) price increase through a $850 million... Read more
![<p>The Government is expected to allocate a staggering $527 million to the inquiry overshadowing Royal Commissions into Banking, Child Abuse and Aged Care [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/2-April-Record-Breaker.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability Royal Commission funding breaks records
The funding allocation for the Royal Commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people with... Read more
![<p>Australians are being encouraged to start conversations with elderly loved ones during National Advanced Care Planning Week this week [Source: Advanced Care Planning Australia]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/1-April-Advanced-Care.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Advanced Care Planning Week encourages tough but important conversations
If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would speak for you? And what health care decisions would you want them to... Read more
![<p> World Autism Awareness Week is a great way to raise awareness for the neurological condition one in 100 people in Australia live with [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/1-April.jpg?fm=pjpg)
World Autism Awareness Week celebrates people on the spectrum
With World Autism Awareness Day held on Tuesday 2 April and World Autism Awareness Week from Monday 1 April to Sunday 7... Read more
![<p>The festival aims to make music a platform to normalise disability by encouraging everyone to come together in celebration of live music [Source: Hireup]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/29-March-Ability-Fest.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Ability Fest returns for second year!
Australia’s most accessible and inclusive music festival is returning for its second year next weekend, complete with... Read more