Disabled Down Under
@disableddownunder.bsky.social
Disabled, queer socialist filled with wrath and keen to tell some tales from Australia's disability policy hellscape.
Tomorrow we are mourning the NDIS.
Our NDIS. The NDIS that was about ending scarcity, giving disabled people normal lives and real supports to be who they are.
Join us in Melbourne at the DSC conference to grieve what we have lost. You are not alone. You are not imagining it.
Wear black.
Our NDIS. The NDIS that was about ending scarcity, giving disabled people normal lives and real supports to be who they are.
Join us in Melbourne at the DSC conference to grieve what we have lost. You are not alone. You are not imagining it.
Wear black.
May 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tomorrow we are mourning the NDIS.
Our NDIS. The NDIS that was about ending scarcity, giving disabled people normal lives and real supports to be who they are.
Join us in Melbourne at the DSC conference to grieve what we have lost. You are not alone. You are not imagining it.
Wear black.
Our NDIS. The NDIS that was about ending scarcity, giving disabled people normal lives and real supports to be who they are.
Join us in Melbourne at the DSC conference to grieve what we have lost. You are not alone. You are not imagining it.
Wear black.
The NDIA are overdue on responding to a number of questions from Senator Jordon Steele-John about eligibility reassessments, including who is being impacted and how much the NDIA is saving by throwing people off the scheme.
April 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NDIA are overdue on responding to a number of questions from Senator Jordon Steele-John about eligibility reassessments, including who is being impacted and how much the NDIA is saving by throwing people off the scheme.
This year for Autism Awareness Month - the challenge is to do all these in one month.
April 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This year for Autism Awareness Month - the challenge is to do all these in one month.
Another reason why we shouldn’t put the robots in charge just yet.
January 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Another reason why we shouldn’t put the robots in charge just yet.
Funding criteria for the equipment program in my state. Sometimes I imagine that instead of arbitrary rules we had some kind of system that looked at your disability and your goals and then worked out what you needed to make that happen. Then I remember we did have that. #LeakyNDIS.
December 21, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Funding criteria for the equipment program in my state. Sometimes I imagine that instead of arbitrary rules we had some kind of system that looked at your disability and your goals and then worked out what you needed to make that happen. Then I remember we did have that. #LeakyNDIS.