The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Home ownership among young people is falling sharply, while renters face worrying insecurity. Nowhere is this more pronounced than for the 4.4 million Australians living with a disability and, in particular, the 660,000 plus Australians with an intellectual disability.

Australians with long COVID have had their lives turned upside down, but there is very little support or relief available. Sufferers say that needs to change.

The disability royal commission has been told the National Disability Insurance Scheme has failed in remote Indigenous communities.

Millions will start getting money into their accounts later this week

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Migraine headaches currently affect more than one billion people across the globe and are the second-leading cause of disability worldwide. Nearly one-quarter of U.S. households have at least one member who suffers from migraines. An estimated 85.6 million workdays are lost as a result of migraine headaches each year.

Georgy Hibbert, 28, of Epsom, Surrey, who has launched a GoFundMe said she can no longer "remember being pain free," adding: "It’s been a constant living nightmare."

Existing PIP claimants will start to transfer to the new benefits system this summer.

Millions of people receiving seven types of benefits will see payments land in bank accounts from July 14.

Disability royal commission begins hearings in Alice Springs focused on NDIS for First Nations people

A number of initiatives have been announced by the Government to help people who are having financial difficulties, including an energy discount and cost of living payments