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The Commonwealth has provided an update on NDIS participants and workforce and COVID-19 for Friday, 4 September 2020.

People with disability in the Northern Territory will receive better and more support with the roll out of additional services.

The NDIA has released a new consultation paper and participant suvey to seek feedback on proposed short-term improvements to Supported Independent Living (SIL).

From 1 January 2018 people with disability in new regions and age groups in three states across Australia will be eligible to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), improving the lives of people with disability across Australia.

The NDIA is not cutting funding for support coordination, and it is incorrect to say funding is no longer available for support coordinators.

Support coordination line items claimable under a participant’s Core budget will continue until 31 March 2021.

The Australian Government has committed to bringing forward a planned independent review of the design, operations and sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including the Partners in the Community (PITC) program.

The Autism Advisory Group (AAG) met on 6 July 2018. Members committed to working in partnership and to developing a trust-based and collaborative relationship within the group and with the sector more broadly. In that spirit, it was agreed that improving life outcomes for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (both participants and non-participants) should be the Group's core guiding principle. Against that background, the first AAG meeting was positive with all members sharing their perspectives and moving to a shared and agreed understanding of the key issues and priorities. Four key priorities were collaboratively developed by the AAG. What...