Tom Nightingale reported this story on Friday, August 23, 2013 on ABC Radio’s PM programme – you can listen to the audio version of the story here. PETER LLOYD: Nearly two months have passed since the national disability insurance scheme began… Continue Reading Concerns NDIS causing disability service cuts

A MAXIMUM bet limit of $5 on poker machines has been agreed on following a hastily convened meeting between Attorney-General John Rau and MPs debating gambling… reforms. Earlier today, Mr Rau described negotiations over government gambling reforms in State Parliament’s… Continue Reading A maximum bet limit of $5 on poker machines has been agreed on in Parliament

Caroline Winter reported this story on Thursday, July 25, 2013 18:30:00 Link to article MARK COLVIN: An inquiry has found that the South Australian justice system is failing people with intellectual disabilities. A parliamentary report just tabled, found the current… Continue Reading Inquiry reveals disabled people are failed by justice system

‘In South Australia, the national disability insurance trial focuses on children up to the age of 14. That leaves students making the transition from school to work in a difficult place’. An excellent piece about the transition from school to… Continue Reading From school to work: a difficult transition – ABC News

7.30SA 12/7/2013 Making the Transition from School to Work INTERVIEWEES: Sandra Bruys, Lauren’s Mother; Robert Styling, Phoenix Society; Kelly Vincent, Dignity for Disability; Adele Freeman, Josh’s Grandmother; Josh Freeman. ROYAL The long awaited trials of the National Disability Insurance Scheme… Continue Reading Making the Transition from School to Work on 7:30SA

A stroke victim left languishing in a hospital bed for six months is speaking out for others still trapped in the system. Watch the story here;http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/sa/watch/17932832/fix-the-system/

Channel 7 News 9/7/2013 [Stroke victim speaks out] (18.01) A stroke victim left languishing in a hospital bed for six months is speaking out for others still trapped in the system. He’s demanding urgent action, saying red tape is keeping… Continue Reading Stroke victim speaks out on 7 News

ABC News 30/6/2013 NDIS Trial (19.13) Children are the focus for the South Australian trial of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which takes effect tomorrow. Parents say the key benefit is a greater choice of disability services, but one advocate… Continue Reading NDIS Trial on ABC News

Letters | KELLY VINCENT: http://indaily.com.au/opinion/2013/06/26/respect-is-still-not-there/ Yesterday’ s front page story about a young woman’s experience with the simple everyday act of purchasing a coffee will resonate with many people (What you see – and who I am, InDaily, June 25,… Continue Reading Respect is still not there – InDaily article and Kelly’s response

Link: http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/17665634/keep-sa-disability-library-open-says-mp/ Keep SA disability library open, says MP AAPJune 19, 2013, 1:19 pm The South Australian government has been urged not to close a specialist disability library – the only one of its kind in Australia. Dignity for Disability… Continue Reading Keep SA disability library open, says MP