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16 Oct 2015
Submission to the NDIS Act Rules and Review
Our submission detailed the issues being faced for people with psychosocial disability in the NDIS trial sites in Western Australia. It made a number of recommendations about how the Act and Rules could be amended to equitably meet the support and advocacy needs of people with psychosocial disability including in the following areas: objects and principles of the Act, access and eligibility including permanency of disability, planning and review, ‘reasonable and necessary’ supports including recovery and clinical issues, and advocacy and support to access and navigate the NDIS.
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07 Aug 2015
Review of National Disability Advocacy Framework - WAAMH Submission
Our submission focuses on the extent to which the Framework requires change to enable it to better meet the advocacy needs of people with psychosocial disability, in the fast-changing context of the disability and mental health sectors, including the roll-out of the NDIS.