The Building Better Homes Campaign, a coalition of peak disability bodies and agencies including SCIA, advocated for the inclusion of mandatory minimum accessibility standards within the National Construction Code (NCC). Although a majority of state and territory...
If you listened to our latest episode of Have The Nerve you would have heard about the differences in aged care funding for older Australians with a disability, with particular focus on funding if you are ineligible for the NDIS. In the episode Megan, from our Policy...
Following a meeting between the state and territory Disability Ministers and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Linda Reynolds, it was announced that independent assessments (IAs) in their current form will not go ahead. As Shadow Minister...
In episode six of SCIA’s podcast Have The Nerve we discuss navigating support funding for older Australians with disability from the NDIS to My Aged Care. You’ll hear lived experiences from Susan who sustained a brain injury in 2005 and was able to get onto the...
Following the announcement of the lock down today, in all of Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Central Coast, SCIA would like to announce that all of our sites will be closed for face to face meetings from Monday, 28 June until midnight Friday, 9 July...
While we are still in a COVID-19 flux of lockdowns between states, you may be considering where to go for a holiday, local to you, once restrictions ease. You are actually well positioned to take advantage of the quieter winter and spring months to travel. Kerry...
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