NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia

Submission 1: Department of Social Services

Supporting psychologists to deliver NDIS services in remote Australia

AutismIntellectual disability

Submission 2: Australian Psychological Society (APS)

Addressing NDIS challenges for remote communities in the Northern Territory

AutismAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderFetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Submission 2: Northern Territory Government

Decision-making Controls for NDIS Participant Plans

Local area coordination

Submission 3: Australian National Audit Office

Submission 3 — Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) — NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia

Wheelchairs

Submission 3: Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

Submission 4 — First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) — NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia

Submission 4: First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN)

Submission on NDIS service delivery challenges for participants in rural areas

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 3 more...

Submission 4: Public Health Association of Australia and Familycare

Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation Submission to the Inquiry into the NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional, and Remote Australia

Submission 5: Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation

Oral health access barriers for rural and remote NDIS participants

Personal care supportWalking aids

Submission 6: Dr David Walker, Dr Archana Pradhan and Dr Silvana Bettiol

NDIS participant experiences with psychosocial disability in rural areas

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Peer support

Submission 7: Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective

Supplementary submission 7.1

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Peer support

Recommendations for improving NDIS support for Aboriginal communities in rural and remote NSW

Submission 8: Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW

Supporting NDIS participants in the Great Southern region of Western Australia

Community access supportSupported independent living

Submission 9: Uniting WA

NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia

Personal care supportCommunity nursing

Submission 10: Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health

Submission Regarding NDIS Planning and Specialist Vision Support Services

Blindness and low vision

Occupational therapyOptometry and orthopticsPeer support

Submission 11: Vision 2020 Australia

NDIS supports for children with disability in rural areas

Early childhood early interventionSupport coordination

Submission 12: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

NDIS planning experiences in rural and remote Australia

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 2 more...

Specialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationand 2 more...

Submission 13: Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney

Supplementary submission 13.1

PsychologySupport coordination

AEIOU Foundation submission on NDIS challenges for regional families

Support coordinationPlan management

Submission 14: AEIOU Foundation

Submission by Consumers of Mental Health WA regarding mental health consumers’ experience

Submission 15: Consumers Of Mental Health WA

NDIS service access and provision barriers in remote communities

Submission 16: CRANAplus

Improved NDIS access and supports for women with disabilities in remote areas

Wheelchairs

Submission 17: Women With Disabilities Australia

Improving NDIS Support for Rural Australians: Workforce & Cultural Needs

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 18: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia. VicRAN Submission.

AutismIntellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafness

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 10 more...

Submission 19: Victorian Rural Advocacy Network (VicRAN)

Vision Australia Submission: NDIS Participant Experience in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia

Blindness and low visionDeafblindness

Occupational therapy

Submission 20: Vision Australia

NDIS participant experience in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia

WheelchairsIndependent advocacyPeer support

Submission 21: Disability Advocacy (NSW)

Barriers to NDIS access for First Nations communities in the lower Gulf of Carpentaria

Personal care supportCommunity access supportand 2 more...

Submission 22: Gidgee Healing

NDIS support for people with rare disease in regional, rural and remote areas

Submission 23: Rare Voices Australia

Experiences and risks of living in Private Congregate Care settings in rural, regional and remote Australia

Supported independent livingIndependent advocacy

Submission 24: PCC Alliance

NDIS services in regional and remote Australia

Submission 25: Vertaview Group

Innovation in disability housing and support for NDIS participants in rural areas

Hearing loss and deafnessDeafblindness

Submission 26: Summer Foundation

Deaf Australia’s submission to the review into NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia.

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 4 more...

Submission 27: Deaf Australia

NDIS Participant Experience in Rural Victoria

Independent advocacy

Submission 28: Grampians disAbility Advocacy

NDIS service delivery challenges in rural, regional and remote Australia

Occupational therapyNDIS-funded transport

Submission 29: Australian Lawyers Alliance

Experiences navigating NDIS access and support in rural Western Australia

PsychologyPlan managementPeer support

Submission 30: Lived Experience Australia

NDIS supports in rural, regional, and remote Australia

Personal care supportCommunity access supportand 3 more...

Submission 31: Australian Psychological Society

National Disability Services Submission: NDIS participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia

Submission 32: National Disability Services

Response to the Joint Standing Committee inquiry into the NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia

Global developmental delay

Occupational therapyPsychologyPeer support

Submission 33: PRECI - Professionals and Researchers in Early Childhood Intervention

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS: Inquiry into the NDIS Participant Experience in Rural, Regional, and Remote Australia

Occupational therapyCounsellingRespite care

Submission 34: Mental Health Australia

Supporting unpaid carers in Western Australia

Submission 35: Carers WA

Issues Associated with the NDIA’s Approach to Disability Support in Rural Areas

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 2 more...

Amputation or limb difference

Submission 36: Kin Disability Advocacy Inc

Supporting NDIS access for participants in rural New England, NSW

Local area coordination

Submission 37: BAM Disability Services

Challenges accessing the NDIS for regional clients

Positive behaviour supportSupported independent livingand 3 more...

Submission 38: Disability Rights Advocacy Service

Systemic issues with NDIS support for people living with dementia in regional, rural and remote Australia

Occupational therapySpeech pathologySupported independent living

Submission 39: Dementia Australia

Addressing unmet needs for mental health carers in regional, rural and remote areas of NSW

AutismIntellectual disability

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 40: Mental Health Carers NSW

Insights from complaints regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme Participant Service Guarantee

Submission 41: Commonwealth Ombudsman

Response to Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS – Inquiry into participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia

Community access support

Submission 42: CatholicCare NT

Challenges for NDIS participants in rural, regional and remote Northern Territory

Community access supportSupport coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 43: Darwin Community Legal service

Lack of stable care for allied health and medical staff supporting participants

Submission 44: Lavender Co

Participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia

Blindness and low vision

Peer support

Submission 45: Blind Citizens Australia

NDIS support for neurological disorders in rural Australia

AutismGlobal developmental delayand 4 more...

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 2 more...

Submission 46: Neurological Alliance Australia

NDIS Participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia

Amputation or limb difference

WheelchairsSupport coordinationand 3 more...

Submission 47: Limbs 4 Life Incorporated

NDIS travel allowance funding for rural and regional participants

Community access supportSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 48: Australian Services Union

Submission – Inquiry into the NDIS participant experience in rural regional and remote Australia

Occupational therapyWheelchairsand 2 more...

Submission 49: Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN)

NDIS Participant Experience in Rural Regional and Remote Australia

Speech pathologyPodiatryand 3 more...

Submission 50: HR Plus Tasmania

Assistive technology supply and participant experiences in rural, regional and remote Australia

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapy

Submission 51: Assistive Technology Suppliers Australia

NDIS participant experience in Rural, Regional & Remote Australia

Positive behaviour supportSupported independent livingSupport coordination

Submission 52: Community Living Australia

Challenges accessing NDIS supports for children in rural and remote areas

AutismIntellectual disabilitySpeech, language and communication needs

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 2 more...

Submission 53: Royal Far West

Challenges accessing NDIS supports for rural and remote participants

Occupational therapyPsychologyand 2 more...

Submission 54: Strive Disability Support Services

Challenges securing appropriate funding for vulnerable NDIS participants

AutismEpilepsy

Submission 55: Serendipity Support Services

Mable’s Community Led Program for Rural and Regional Care Services

Personal care support

Submission 56: Mable Technologies

Challenges for disability services in rural and regional Australia

PsychologySupported independent livingand 3 more...

Submission 57: Challenge Community Services

NDIS evaluation findings in rural, regional and remote Australia

Home modificationsSupport coordination

Submission 58: University of Adelaide

Addressing health inequity across Australia

Supplementary submission 60.1

Submission 59: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Recommendations for NDIS service delivery in remote Central Australia

Submission 60: Central Australian Aboriginal Congress

Global developmental delay

Hearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low vision

Challenges accessing NDIS supports for clients with Neurofibromatosis in rural areas

Speech pathologyPersonal care supportand 3 more...

Submission 61: Children's Tumour Foundation

Challenges accessing NDIS support in remote regions

Submission 62: Empowrd Pty Ltd

NDIS challenges for regional, rural, and remote clients

Plan management

Submission 63: Advocacy WA

Supplementary submission 63.1

Community access support

Experiences of NDIS participants in rural Victoria involving family violence and exploitation

Life skills developmentSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 64: Office of the Public Advocate VIctoria

Difficulty accessing supports and services for Tasmanian NDIS participants in rural areas

Submission 65: Tasmanian Government

NDIS Participant Experience in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia

Community access supportSupported independent livingSupport coordination

Submission 66: Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated

Key barriers to accessing and using the NDIS effectively for people with disability in regional areas - Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc.

Submission 67: Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc.

Addressing amputation disparities for Aboriginal communities in South Australia

Amputation or limb difference

PsychologyHome modificationsPeer support

Submission 68: South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute

Addressing NDIS service delivery challenges in regional, rural and remote areas

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathology

Submission 69: Carers NSW

NDIS reforms and support for First Nations peoples with disability in criminal justice settings

Intellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafness

Supplementary submission 70.1

Submission 70: National Indigenous Australians Agency

Intellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafness

Intellectual disabilitySchizophrenia spectrum disordersPost-traumatic stress disorder

Experiences of supporting people to access psychosocial disability services in regional and rural Victoria

PsychologyPositive behaviour supportand 3 more...

Submission 71: Tandem

Supplementary submission 71.1

Positive behaviour supportSupport coordinationand 2 more...

Increased NDIS funding and supports for rural communities

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 4 more...

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 14 more...

Submission 72: Disability Advocacy Network Australia

Rhiannon Hudson’s story of going through NDIS access declines after several brain surgeries since 2006.

AutismHearing loss and deafnessMultiple sclerosis

Submission 73: Ms Rhiannon Hudson

Queensland NDIS Plan Utilisation Barriers and Enablers for First Peoples and Rural and Remote Communities: DSDSATSIP071 Research Partnerships - Qualitative Study

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 12 more...

Submission 74: Griffith University

Supporting rural women in remote Australia

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 2 more...

Occupational therapyPsychology

Submission 75: National Rural Women's Coalition

Participant Experience in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia

Speech pathologySupport coordination

Submission 76: Speech Pathology Australia

NDIS services for people with disabilities in rural and remote Australia

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 2 more...

Submission 77: Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

Response to the Joint Standing Committee inquiry into the NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia

AutismGlobal developmental delay

Speech pathologyPeer support

Submission 78: Kiind

Labour market inclusion for persons with disabilities

Supported employment

Submission 79: Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC)

Supplementary submission 79.1

PsychologySupported employment

Supplementary submission 79.2

NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote areas of Australia

Intellectual disabilityAmputation or limb difference

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 3 more...

Submission 80: Outback Independent Living

NDIS therapy supports for rural/regional participants: challenges and recommendations

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 2 more...

Submission 81: Marathon Health

Legal support needs for vulnerable people in regional, rural, remote and very remote communities

AutismAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderand 6 more...

Occupational therapyPsychologyand 5 more...

Submission 82: National Regional, Rural, Remote and Very Remote Community Legal Network

Addressing regional workforce churn improves quality of supports

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyand 7 more...

Submission 83: Health Services Union (HSU)

Mental health service substitution for NDIS participants in rural areas

Submission 84: Monash Business School

First Peoples Disability Network submission on culturally safe NDIS services

AutismAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderFetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Supplementary submission 85.1

Submission 85: First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN)

Wheelchairs

Supplementary submission 85.2

AutismAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Supplementary submission 85.3

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 5 more...

Experiences of NDIS participants in rural, regional and remote Australia

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 14 more...

Submission 86: South West Autism Network

NDIS access and support challenges in rural areas

Hearing loss and deafness

Community access supportSupported independent livingand 3 more...

Submission 87: National Legal Aid

Addressing NDIS challenges and market failures in regional WA

Occupational therapyPsychologyand 6 more...

Submission 88: Western Australian Government

Improving NDIS supports for people living with MS

Blindness and low visionMultiple sclerosis

AutismIntellectual disability

Submission 89: MS Australia

Challenges accessing disability services in rural Australia

AutismHearing loss and deafnessand 4 more...

Submission 90: National Rural Health Alliance and Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner

NDIS participant experience in Rural, Regional & Remote Australia

Support coordinationLocal area coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 91: Australia Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)

NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia

Blindness and low vision

Hearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low visionAmputation or limb difference

Submission 92: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

Regional NDIS challenges: communication, cultural sensitivity, service costs

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 11 more...

Submission 93: People With Disabilities WA

Challenges accessing NDIS supports in rural areas

Speech pathologyPersonal care supportSupport coordination

Submission 94

NDIS experience with D.I.D in rural Australia

Submission 95

NDIS access challenges for Anangu people in remote communities

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 4 more...

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 8 more...

Submission 96: Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council

Experience of NDIS services in rural Victoria

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapy

Submission 97

NDIS services and provider challenges in Maningrida

Personal care supportWheelchairs

Submission 98: Mala’la Health Service

Safeguarding risks for rural NDIS participants

AutismAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 6 more...

Submission 99: Ms Cat Walker

NDIS support challenges for participants with mental illness in remote communities

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Submission 100: Outback Disability Services

Lack of Deafblind support and training in regional NDIS areas

Hearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low visionDeafblindness

Vision aidsSupport coordinationAssistance dogs

Submission 101: Deafblind Australia

Addressing NDIS service availability in regional, rural and remote areas

AutismAcquired brain injuryand 2 more...

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 9 more...

Submission 102: Rights Information and Advocacy Centre Incorporated

Ensuring Equitable Access to the NDIS for Rural, Regional, and Remote Australians with Disabilities