Read the whole article on the NDIS website.

• Advocacy is one of our most powerful ways to make sure that people know how important access is, whether out and about out in the privacy of our own homes. SCIA's Policy and Advocacy team is always on hand to advise you on systemic, individual, family and self advocacy access matters.
• Do you have a public access concern? Don't wait. Approach your local council and ask to speak to a disability access officer, or someone who is specific to disability access and inclusion. Find your local council contact information for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Tasmania. Our Policy and Advocacy team will be able to assist you making contact with your LGA if needed.
• Our Peer & Family Support team share their thoughts about how access has changed for them since their injuries. Watch their video.
• Want to know about the National Disability Strategy? Read the Australian Local Government Association's Disability Inclusion Planning - A Guide for Local Government
• Knowledge about accessible travel accommodation is extremely important. Accessible Accommodation covers accommodation for all mobility needs.
• Beach accessibility is one of our most popular topics. Everyone deserves to be able to access public spaces. Accessible Beaches have provided a comprehensive directory to accessible beaches right across the country.
• Accessibility to specialised services, such as exercise physiology, is incredibly important. NeuroMoves Adelaide client, Hayley Sands, shared her story about how our NeuroMoves service helped her after her spinal cord injury.

In January, we mentioned that SCIA fully supported the 29 recommendations of the Review of the NDIS Act and Participant Service Guarantee by David Tune.

We are pleased to say that the Federal Government have just annoucned that they also support all 29 recommendations of the Tune Review including:

• Allowing participants to use their funding flexibly across core and capacity building 

• Giving plan managed participants the same flexibility as self managed participants

• Improving NDIA decision making, with a Participant Service Guarantee from 2021 

• A Participant Service Charter and Participant Service Improvement Plan to be released later today

• Outlining when Support Coordination should be funded in a plan and when it should be delivered by an independent provider

• Fairer planning for children and families

• A $20 million outreach program to better engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally or linguistically diverse communities and people with psychosocial disability

This morning the ABC quoted NDIS Minister Stuart Roberts saying, "No longer will participants have certain funds in core support, certain funds in capacity support. They'll have flexibility right across their plan with perhaps maybe a couple of exclusions, such as specialist disability accommodation or home modifications."

You can read the full article here. If you would like to know more about these changes contact our Policy and Advocacy team on 1800 819 775.