The Commission has recommended the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme and has outlined a number of recommendations about...

Here is the link to the Productivity Commission's draft report on Disability Care and Support - it does take a while to download. K...

ABC Radio National covered the draft report on Disability Care and Support to be delivered to Parliament today, in a ten minute segment du...

Stephen Lunn, Social affairs writer,  The Australian February 26, 2011 For the millions of Australians living with a disability or caring...

The Home and Community Care (HACC) Program is a joint Australian, State and Territory Government initiative to help people in need. The NSW...

From a man apparently unafraid to admit he had something to learn, from just the right teacher  .... I'm sitting at Starbucks (that...

These links are to media releases from ADHC (NSW Dept of Human Sefvices - Ageing Disability and Home Care) and the NSW Minister for Disabili...

If you appreciated some of the ideas put forward in the Sunday Telegraph's feature article about people with Down syndrome today, (see e...

Jane Hansen, Sunday Telegraph, 20th February 2011: On February 11, 2009, Riley Cohen was born into an imperfect world. For all its flaws ...

A very encouraging story about a young man with Down syndrome carving out his future in regional Australia: By Alan Erskine, Mildura Weekl...

The Minister for Disability Services, Peter Primrose and senior ADHC staff are leading community information sessions around the state durin...

Patricia Karvelas,  The Australian , February 17, 2011 The federal government remains committed to establishing a national support scheme f...

Kathy Evans , (author of Tuesday's Child ) writes about the availability of speech therapy in Victoria, in today's Age and Sydney M...

Perry Gilsenan and his family  appeared  on the Kerri-Anne Show (Ch 9)  this morning, talking about his daughter Grace , and his motivation...

The Business Council says cuts to disability services and foreign aid should be considered as alternatives to the flood levy. The Federal...

Be sure to be watching the Kerri-Anne show tomorrow morning (Tuesday 15th, Channel 9) as our very own Perry Gilsenan talks Scrapheap Advent...

A Scottish study published in January, investigated what a group of women with intellectual disabilities knew about menopause and asked them...

We are often asked for information about dance classes open to people with Down syndrome.  Kick Performance Group has asked us to pass on th...

We've just added a link to the carecareers blog page about Gerard and Maria to our recent update on their roles in the carecareers a...

Media release, 10/2/2011 Senator the Hon Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Graduation of FaHCSIA trainees w...