Specialist Support Coordinators connect NDIS participants with their services, both inside and outside their NDIS plan, and people on behalf of the agency (the NDIA).

The panel wants to improve provider oversight and participant safety, so why is this the most controversial recomendation from the review?

What's the day in the life of a Specialist Support Coordinator (SSC) at Ark Support Coordination like? We asked Kathy, one of our stellar SSCs to let us know what she got up to in a day.

A decade since its inception, it is evident that the NDIS and supporting government services have yet to achieve their original objectives.

“If I get this role, they are just meeting their diversity quota.” If you have ever had thought like this, you may be experiencing ‘stereotype threat’.

The opportunity to work, earn a living and participate as an economic citizen is a key component of an inclusive Australia.

This volume hosts perhaps one of the most talked about recommendations: the push to end segregated education.

Achieving transformative change for First Nations people with disability’s experience must be based on genuine engagement with people and their culture.

Who is facing challenges when voting in the Voice referendum?

Prior to 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council deemed it safe to drink up to two standard drinks per day and no more than ten per week during pregnancy.

Parents are often unaware of the dangers of consuming alcohol or don’t receive enough support to deal with substance use whilst pregnant.

Our understanding of gender is shifting. However, gender diversity is not a modern invention. Seeing gender on a spectrum has existed for centuries in many cultures.

The term NDIS needs defining in itself, let alone the terminology scattered throughout a plan, provider websites and reports.

Psychosocial disabilities arise from mental health conditions, so why doesn’t the NDIS fund mental health care like psychology sessions?

Psychosocial is the relationship between a person’s psychological and social experiences and environment.

The 2023-24 Federal Budget. What does it mean for NDIS participants? And what is a growth target?

Whilst acknowledging change and being optimistic for the future, we must also be careful not to convey an expectation of recovery.

The same way a ramp allows access to a physical space, trusted allies in supported decision-making have the potential to advocate whilst endorsing individual rights and fostering self-advocacy.

The way people with autism express empathy may not be understood by neurotypical people. And vice versa, the ways neurotypical people express empathy may confuse autistic and neurodiverse people.

For remote areas with scarce resources, an NDIS demand-supply economy doesn’t best serve the participant and deliver on the scheme's fundamental principle of choice and control.