NDIS

Developmental Language Disorder and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

‘Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) can negatively impact on a child’s ability to develop and understand language, as well as significantly impacting on a child’s education and their everyday social interactions’, says Speech and Language Development...

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Deeble Evidence Brief No. 21: Developmental Language Disorder and the NDIS

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when a child has language difficulties that continue into school age and beyond. Children with DLD require early and targeted intervention support to reduce the risk (and related costs) of poor social...

Deeble Issues Brief No. 30: Improving access to housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander renal patients with complex care needs

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Northern Territory communities experience extremely high rates of end stage kidney disease. As renal services are limited in remote areas, most patients must...

Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provision of services under the NDIS for people with psychosocial disabilities related to a mental health condition)

health advocate april 2013

Issue 18 - April 2013

Think local, act global
 How the National Health Reforms are working in reality, at the local and state level

Baby steps for the NDIS
There's been a lot of talk, but up until now we haven'...