'Every life is valuable': Death sparks renewed NDIS registration calls
By Evan Young and Nas Campanella
The death of a man with disability in NDIS-supported housing last month sparks a police investigation and renewed calls for mandatory provider registration.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/core-and-capacity-ndis-death-provider-registration/105118086
59yo's eviction linked to suspected multi-million-dollar NDIS scam https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/ndis-participants-eviction-khawaja-moeen-haroon/105107014 #FederalGovernment #Disabilities #NDIS #Disability via ABC News
I usually don't share media entertainment/TV stuff, but, I saw it in my feed, read through it, and decided it fits in with the spirit of most of my posts:
https://www.avclub.com/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-medicaid-defamation
Two of my comrades in @defendpublichealth.bsky.social have some thoughts about how #RFKJr and #Republicans in Congress are threatening the lives of children. https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025/04/the-trump-administration-is-betraying-our-kids-and-jeopardizing-americas-future-arthur-lavin-and-teri-mills.html?outputType=amp
#vaccines #Medicaid #disabilities
59yo's eviction linked to suspected multi-million-dollar NDIS scam
By Jessica Longbottom and Ben Butler
Jim* moved into an apartment rented by a disability company linked to suspected NDIS fraudster Khawaja Haroon. He's now facing homelessness and has paid thousands of dollars of his NDIS funding for services he didn't receive.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/ndis-participants-eviction-khawaja-moeen-haroon/105107014
"The layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services slashed the staffs of major federal aging, disability and anti-poverty programs, leaving the future of those programs uncertain.
At least 40% of staff got layoff notices and many were turned away at the front door Tuesday when they showed up for work at the Administration for Community Living, or ACL, which coordinates federal policy on aging and disability."
‘Where are the artists with disabilities?’: the organisations opening up Asia’s art world https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/02/where-are-the-artists-with-disabilities-the-organisations-that-are-opening-up-asias-art-world?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Disabilities #HongKong
The man suspected of a multi-million-dollar NDIS fraud
By Jessica Longbottom, Ben Butler, Kate Ashton, and Danielle Bonica
On the western outskirts of Melbourne, where the paddocks meet new homes, lies the centre of an alleged NDIS fraudster's network.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/ndis-suspected-fraud-khawaja-moeen-haroon-melbourne/105062598
#Disabilities #ScamsandFraud #GovernmentandPolitics #JessicaLongbottom #BenButler #KateAshton # #DanielleBonica
'What the hell is happening here?' Inside an alleged NDIS fraud ring
By Jessica Longbottom, Ben Butler, Kate Ashton, and Danielle Bonica
On the western outskirts of Melbourne, where the paddocks meet new homes, lies the centre of an alleged NDIS fraudster's network.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/ndis-suspected-fraud-khawaja-moeen-haroon-melbourne/105062598
#Disabilities #ScamsandFraud #GovernmentandPolitics #JessicaLongbottom #BenButler #KateAshton # #DanielleBonica
Agency for #Seniors and People With #Disabilities to Be Shuttered Under #HHS Cuts
#MealsOnWheels #Trump2.0 #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #BlackMastodon
Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under #doge HHS cuts
The ACL was established in 2012 to bring together under one agency federal programs for older adults and people with disabilities that were previously administered by multiple organizations within HHS and in other agencies. Its
In fiscal 2022, the ACL provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-living services to nearly 250,000 people with #disabilities #disabled #medicare #medicaid #USPol
DOGE's press Release claims, "This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services" but experts and beneficiaries are skeptical .
@AnnaAnthro "Mistakes" an autism awareness tattoo for a gang tattoo — or hates #autistics and PRETENDS to mistake an autism awareness tattoo for a gang tattoo! Recall that the original German #Nazis targeted those with intellectual #disabilities, including autism, with an #extermination program called Aktion T4:
ABC News: 'Incredibly outdated' assistance dog laws leaving people in limbo https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/push-to-improve-access-for-assistance-animals-in-rentals/105009458 #CommunityandSociety #Discrimination #Disabilities #HumanRights #Disability
'Incredibly outdated' assistance dog laws leaving people in limbo
By Madeleine Rojahn and Fiona Blackwood
Tasmanian state law has the weakest protections for people relying on assistance animals, and discrimination reports are growing. Those affected say considering legal action to access public spaces and necessary services is exhausting.
'School years in a hospital bed': Growing up with a rare condition
By Audrey Courty
Jezabella shares her struggle of being diagnosed with a medical condition so rare, only eight other Australians were known to have it.
Tiny Huxley needs a hero. He's found one in marathon man Mitch
By Coquohalla Connor, Sarah McConnell, and Patrick Reincke
Broken Hill steps up for the family of a boy born with a rare and debilitating genetic condition. But none will go further than Mitch McKenny, who is ready to run 27 marathons in 27 days to raise awareness and funds for research into the syndrome.
#Geneticdisorders #RegionalCommunities #Disabilities #Health #CoquohallaConnor #SarahMcConnell # #PatrickReincke
Belong. Believe. Become.
All abilities are welcome at my SPARTA Strength Class, designed for ages 65-95, at the Malden Senior Center.
Stronger Together
There's another problem facing the NDIS — and it's not about the money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/budget-2025-shows-ndis-has-a-pr-problem/105095724 #PeopleWithDisability #SocialPolicy #HealthPolicy #Disabilities #Economy #Budget #NDIS #Disability
There's another problem facing the NDIS — and it's not about the money
By Evan Young
The NDIS is getting a lot of negative press at the moment. It’s a far cry from when the scheme first started.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/budget-2025-shows-ndis-has-a-pr-problem/105095724
Hola Titánicos, cada 26 de marzo celebra el día mundial de la prevención del cáncer de cuello uterino, con el objetivo de concienciar a las mujeres la importancia de prevenir la aparición de esta enfermedad.
https://somosdisca.es/dia-mundial-de-prevencion-del-cancer-de-cuello-uterino-2025/
