For Cooper, the benefits of equine therapy have been life-changing. But under new changes to the NDIS, it's no longer funded.

One change in the phrasing of NDIS funding support criteria is that a disability must be directly linked to a person's impairment.

The shift of the NDIS to this portfolio has raised concerns among the disability community that it might not be a priority in an government department that also deals with health and aged care.

EXCLUSIVE: A fraud investigator accused by a Greens senator of “making … up” accusations that alcohol had been claimed hundreds of times a year via the NDIS has revealed data that proves he was ...

Labor plans to slash $60 billion from disability funding over the next decade, imposing stricter eligibility criteria and cost-cutting assessment tools.

In 2024, the investigators looked at misuse prevalence by disability status and age group in data on 47,100 individuals from the 2021-2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The sample was ...

The current impasse in Commonwealth-state funding negotiations could be overcome by governments agreeing to repurpose a small portion – about 10% – of their existing NDIS contributions.

Disability advocates in New Jersey are breathing a sigh of relief after the state restored funding for a range of programs that had been at risk of elimination in the $58.8 billion budget adopted ...

HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes Disability rights watchdogs are the latest targets of the Trump administration’s defunding spree. Julia Métraux Reporter Bio ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - Disability Rights Mississippi announced Thursday that it would stop taking new cases, effective immediately, after promised federal funding for 2025 never showed.

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is updating how it provides funding to participants. Starting May 19, 2025, the NDIA will implement fixed funding periods for participant plans.

Those two programs' funding would be slashed, according to testimony from the National Disability Rights Network. "The elimination of these programs will create a significant void in ensuring that ...