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DJA 2024 AGM — Registration Open
The online Disability Justice Australia 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) now has a website hosting all information, registration, meeting papers and links — your one-stop shop for our AGM. The AGM will be: Wednesday 20 November 2023 10.00 am to 11.30 am. To Register your attendance, visit the website or click the button below: The…
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Belonging Matters — My Home, My Way
Home is a vital part of our lives. It not only provides us with security, privacy, comfort and control but it reflects our identity, our adulthood and our deep sense of who we are and how we connect and belong in our neighbourhood. In this two-part webinar (8 and 15 October 2024, 10am to 1pm), Belonging…
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NDIS — Annual participant survey
The annual Long Form Outcomes Framework (LFOF) survey will take place from 1 September to 16 December 2024. Every year, the NDIS conducts this survey to measure how NDIS participants and their families and carers are progressing in different areas of their lives and compares the experiences of people with disability to the experiences of people without…
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Save The Date — DJA 2024 AGM Announced
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Disability Justice Australia will be convened on Wednesday 20th November 2024 from 10.00am until 11.30pm. This will be an online event. Like last year, the event will be supported by a dedicated webpage that is currently being developed. More details will be published on the DJA website and members…
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NDIS — more information explaining changes to the NDIS published
The NDIS has published a more information explaining the legislation passed on 22nd August 2024 that changes key features in the way that the National Disability Insurance Scheme will operate. The information is available from the NDIS website, click here to go directly to the page. Disability Justice Australia Inc (DJA) hopes our members and…
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Positive Powerful Parents — Melbourne Friday Friendship Self Advocacy Group Catch Up
Positive Powerful Parents is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for Parents with Intellectual Disability. On Friday 30th August from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Positive Powerful Parents is hosting a Friday Friendship Self Advocacy Group Catch Up in Melbourne (4th floor Ross House — 247 Flinders Lane). The event is free for parents…
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DJA Call To Action — Consultation on draft lists of NDIS supports
On Sunday 4th August, the Australian Government published a draft list aimed to define of what constitutes NDIS support. This is important to all disabled people in Australia because when the new NDIS Bill becomes law, this list will decide what supports can be purchased with a NDIS plan. The public consultation period on the…
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Belonging Matters — Circles of Support
Belonging Matters Inc is offering a two-part online workshop about Circles of Support, which will be of interest to people with a disability, families and advocates. This workshop will allow participants to: To learn more about this workshop and to register click here. (People with a disability and family members have an option to come…
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Monash University — PhD Scholarship in Assistive Technology and Disability
The Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre is offering two PhD Scholarships. Candidates who identify as having a disability are strongly encouraged to apply. You can learn about the MATS Centre at:https://www.monash.edu/mats/about Emerging assistive technologies have the potential to break down many of the barriers that people with disabilities face at school, university, work…