Disabilities

Exhausted families could be plunged further into crisis and have greater interaction with child protection services under the proposed overhaul of the NDIS, advocates say.

A mother's plea on social media turns into a community-wide extravaganza for her 10-year-old son. 

Politicians are presiding over three days of public hearings into a bill paving the way for the biggest ever cuts to the NDIS. 

A 50th birthday and a Medal of the Order of Australia are all in a month's work for Sunshine Coast swimmer Clinton "Super Fish" Stanley.

The federal government has been accused of selling its cuts to the NDIS as a crackdown on fraud, while instead pursuing billions of dollars of dramatic savings by slashing participant packages.

Former workers at a disability home in Western Australia's far north raise allegations of neglect, including medical mismanagement, locked fridges and a child being placed at risk.

A raft of alarming evidence has been aired at a parliamentary hearing into the integrity of the NDIS, with calls for the government to strengthen whistleblower protections.

A former NSW Labor powerbroker and state disability minister pivotal in advocating for the establishment of the NDIS has warned against rushing through sweeping changes to the scheme.

The states are once again on the hook for disability services due to the Commonwealth's drastic NDIS cuts. Can the mistakes of the past be avoided?

The State Theatre Company South Australia has introduced a sensory-friendly performance for a broader range of audience members including neurodivergent people.

Legislation designed to save $35 billion in NDIS spending is introduced to parliament, revealing new powers for the minister to cut funding to classes of supports, automate some decisions and create requirements for prospective participants to exhaust all other treatment options before entering the NDIS.

The former Murdoch University student's video highlights the difficulty wheelchair users have navigating the campus since stair lifts were removed in 2023. 

A multiple sclerosis patient says he waited three hours for an access cab, only to be told in the middle of the night one would not be available, forcing him to spend the night at an Adelaide emergency room.

Regional families are anxiously waiting to see the impact of recently announced changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), especially for those with autism.

When it comes to Australian Para sporting legends, few names match it with Angie Ballard, who will lead the Para athletics contingent to a historic fifth Commonwealth Games at Glasgow in July.

Nidhi Shekaran is one of thousands of NDIS participants waiting to learn if their services will be impacted as part of sweeping government reforms to the scheme.

The multiple sclerosis advocate undertook the 1,067-kilometre challenge to raise money for life-changing research.

A teenager with multiple disabilities stranded for days in Vanuatu's capital city after a deadly 2024 earthquake is taking the Australian government to the federal court for disability discrimination. 

Insiders and participants say the NDIS is being targeted in similar ways around the country, including billing for services not provided, overcharging and in some cases "kidnapping" of vulnerable clients in order to park them in expensive supported accommodation and drain their plans.

About $3.7 billion of National Disability Insurance Scheme money was handed out inappropriately last financial year, the scheme's integrity chief has told a parliamentary hearing.