Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent has welcomed the report tabling of the Access to Justice Select Committee she established in South Australian Parliament in October 2011. “Dignity for Disability has long been campaigning on issues of justice and people… Continue Reading Report shines light on justice black hole

Dignity for Disabilities MLC Kelly Vincent has questioned the cost efficiency of transporting dialysis patients from the APY Lands, in South Australia’s far north, for treatment. Ms Vincent says there are 21 people on the lands with end stage kidney… Continue Reading Doubt cast over APY dialysis treatment cost-effectiveness

Important disability resources for families and practitioners will be lost if the closure of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion specialist Disability Collection library sites goes ahead. Dignity for Disability has used question time this afternoon to ask the… Continue Reading DCSI Strathmont Disability Library – too good to close now!

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent has welcomed today’s confirmed funding injection for DisabilityCare and disability services with the release of Treasurer Weatherill’s first State Budget. “I am thrilled that there is sustained funding for disability allocated in this budget,”… Continue Reading Budget brings disability dollars – but it is good sense that counts

Kelly Vincent is urging South Australia to take a stance against the infiltration of electronic nicotine delivery devices. “Let’s not be the generation they laugh at in the future because we nearly beat big tobacco but then let it re-infiltrate… Continue Reading E-NICOTINE: Time for public health boundary riders to head it off at the pass

Dignity for Disability will continue campaigning to remove barriers to justice for people with disabilities at this morning’s Barriers to Justice group Law Week BBQ at Adelaide’s Central Market. “I am really pleased to be joining with the Victim Support… Continue Reading Removing the barriers to justice for people with disabilities

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent – media release  Kelly Vincent has today congratulated the state government on reaching an historic agreement with the federal government on fully funding an NDIS scheme by 2018, but is cautious about dollars being… Continue Reading NDIS funding joy – but enshrine money for rights, not red tape

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent – Media alert WHAT:  Save Balyana Pool Community Rally WHO: Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent, Mitcham Mayor Michael Picton, Greens MLC Mark Parnell and Save Balyana Pool community group. WHEN: Saturday, February 23,… Continue Reading Save Balyana Pool Community Rally

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent is calling on newly appointed Minister for Disabilities to intervene in an apparent failed trial of new electric wheelchairs before serious injury occurs. Following information received from a constituent that the ‘Optimum’ electric wheelchair… Continue Reading Yes, Minister, same wheel-chair repair done over a dozen times

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent will today attend a community festival in Stepney, organised by her party, to celebrate the achievements, successes and battles the sector has faced in 2012. “On the eve of the United Nations’ International Day… Continue Reading Community festival celebrates achievements of disability sector