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The budget includes $7.3 million to get more young people out of aged care homes. Is it enough?

Just over three years ago, then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the federal government would finally solve the issue of young people with disability having to live in nursing homes. The government developed a strategy and committed to getting all young people out of aged care facilities by 2025.

The Conversation

Lois Keith obituary

Writer, teacher and disability rights campaigner who challenged the barriers facing disabled women

The Guardian - UK

Dis Life: 'Give people what they need, not what Government thinks it can get away with'

Once again, people with no lived experience of disability have decided the solution is really easy - they are focussing on the wrong thing

Daily Mirror

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New PIP online application trial being offered to 60 people making a new claim each day

The invitation to apply online will only be extended to those starting a new claim over the phone.

Daily Record

Labor’s $15bn NDIS savings push sparks concerns of service cuts

Bill Shorten says savings possible through tackling rorts, spiralling costs and rip-offs, but disability advocates remain sceptical

The Guardian - AU

Attendance Allowance claim form tips which could help more older people get up to £101 each week

A successful claim for Attendance Allowance is worth either £272.40 or £407 every four-week pay period.

Daily Record

Bribie Island's Brennan Park upgrade met with disappointment over accessibility concerns

One-fifth of the region is living with a disability, so why would a community park makeover leave some unable to play? This seven-year-old who uses a wheelchair is asking council to reconsider.

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Pritzker signs bill guaranteeing disability pay to first responders who contracted COVID-19

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s Chicago cop brother was denied duty disability benefits despite contracting COVID-19 on the job in 2020. Mendoza, who attended Wednesday’s ceremony, wiped away tears as she thanked the governor and others who helped get the bill passed.

Chicago Sun-Times

DWP full list of one-off payments for families and individuals in 2023

Below are key dates to add to your diary for the coming months to help you plan your household budget

Nottingham Post

Disability Royal Commission hears of preventable care failings

A child protection officer saw a malnourished teenager gnawing on a dog bone in a case of neglect that lays bare government agency failings.

The New Daily

Victorian disease set to make comeback as low vaccine numbers 'begging for outbreak'

Measles is a highly infectious disease that can lead to serious problems such as pneumonia, meningitis, and on rare occasions, long-term disability or death. Symptoms include a high fever, sore red watery eyes and a blotchy red-brown rash.

Daily Mirror

People of State Pension age with Irritable Bowel Syndrome could be due up to £407 each month from DWP

Attendance Allowance supports many health conditions to help people with additional daily living costs.

Daily Record

Disability royal comission hears multiple government agencies failed to intervene in neglect of Brisbane teens with autism

Teen brothers were found locked in their room, naked and in soiled nappies, after their father was discovered dead from a terminal illness at their home in Brisbane's northern suburbs.

ABC News

NDIS-funded disability services set for an overhaul as government seeks to slow forecast growth

Eligibility for services funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is set to be tightened as the government seeks to bank $74.3 billion in savings through trimmed growth forecasts.

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New Attendance Allowance application trial being offered to 60 people making a new claim each week

Invitations are being offered to older people who meet the current scope of the DWP trial.

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Racism towards Newcastle Hospitals staff increasing from patients - and their own colleagues

The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust is working to address alarming trends including staff reporting increases in racism towards them from the public and even their colleagues.

Daily Record

People with chronic pain could be due up to £691 each month through PIP or ADP

More than 175,300 people are receiving support for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and pain syndromes.

Daily Record

People on PIP, DLA or devolved benefits could be eligible for 40 hours free driving lessons this year

Learner drivers will still need to pay for the costs of the theory and practical driving tests.

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Daily Record

Three groups of people on PIP who may see benefit fast-tracked to new devolved payment

More than 319,000 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will be moved to Adult Disability Payment by 2025.

Daily Record

Full list of one-off payments for families and individuals due before end of the year

Important dates to add to your diary to help plan your household budget over the coming months.

Daily Record

Check your eligibility for £150 cost of living payment due this summer

An estimated six million people claiming disability benefits are set to receive the one-off lump sum.

Wales Online

Woman whose brain is slipping down spine in need of £200k for lifesaving treatment

Emily Balfour, 25, faces permanent disability if she cannot raise the £200,000 she needs

Irish Mirror

Teenagers with disabilities were confined to bedrooms for 25 days because a lift in home was broken, report finds

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) carried out an unannounced inspection of the Woodbrook Lodge home for children with a disability in Monaghan on January 25

The Independent UK

Brain surgery performed on baby in womb for first time

‘This may markedly reduce the risk of long-term brain damage, disability or death among infants’

The Guardian - AU

NDIA admits missing red flags in case of malnourished brothers found in house with dead father

Senior counsel assisting told royal commission one brother’s 12-month plan was worth $102,000, but only $361 was spent

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