Ed note: Tania is the administration officer for QSSS, and this is her NDIS transition advice for people with physical disabilities:
I have spinal cord injury and I transitioned to the NDIS in December 2016 and I fully self-manage. I live in Charters Towers.
Spinal Home Help have put out an excellent two-part series of articles about choice, control and self determination with the NDIS.
While the NDIS is still a year away from its official roll-out in Brisbane, time certainly flies and thoughtful pieces like this may help guide the planning process.
Enjoy!
The Community Resource Unit (aka CRU) is running some more NDIS Participant Readiness events throughout November and December.
They’ll be held at Sunnybank, Springfield Lakes, Kenmore Hills, and Fortitude Valley.
It’s been a fun-filled few months for the NDIS since the the start of the 2016-17 financial year. While progress has been made, it’s been far from smooth sailing.
Housing for people with disability: Let’s take action will be the eighth NDIS Symposium hosted by Griffith University on Monday 8th August, 2016.
It comes after overwhelming concern expressed over accessible housing at the previous symposium in February. Continue reading
Spinal Home Help is running multiple NDIS training sessions in June.
We’ve previously covered the first one, NDIS Get Ready. The second one is called Train the Trainer.
This session will be on June 17th.
Spinal Home Help is running multiple NDIS training sessions in June.
The first one, NDIS Get Ready, is an NDIS information session for potential service participants, their family, friends and carers.
This introductory session will be on June 10th.
Malakai Tava, Spinal Home Help President, had the following to say:
Conference updates! Who doesn’t like them?
CRU, aka the Community Resource Unit are holding a workshop on the Gold Coast entitled “Self-Direction for Bigger and Better Lives.”
The self directed care workshop will be held on Tuesday March 22 but you’ll need to hurry, as registrations close on Monday March 14.
CRU, aka the Community Resource Unit, are holding a conference entitled “Claiming a Positive Future: The power of possibility.”
The conference has the aim “of inspiring, encouraging and connecting people with disabilities, family members, friends and workers to focus on what is possible for all people who live with disability.”
The conference will be held in Brisbane for two days on the 20th and 21st of May 2016.
It’s been a busy few weeks for the NDIS in Queensland…