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Tasmanian NDIS participant, Rosemary Ellicott said now she’s on the NDIS and receiving supports her quality of life has significantly improved after a rare cancer left her with a permanent disability.

At not quite three-years-old, Melbourne toddler and NDIS participant Willow Beyer is a tenacious fighter and whenever she has the chance, a social butterfly.

Wodonga NDIS participant, Marc Hutchings, used his NDIS funding to engage Everyday Independence and it’s built a team of disability and health professionals around him who all work together to ensure he can meet his goals. Jan, Marc’s mum, said the 40-year-old, who has an intellectual disability and limited speech, has really benefited from this holistic person-centred team approach. “Marc’s occupational therapist, physiotherapist, speech pathologist and his habit coach all work together to ensure his therapies meet his immediate and long-term needs, and I must say the continuity of supports is wonderful and we can see Marc’s improving,” she said...

And in honour of World Cerebral Palsy Day on Wednesday, October 6, a day where the World comes together to support some 17 million living with CP like Stefan, the gun clay shooter from South Australia is proud to take a shot at celebrating his achievements, and those of many others.

Living the dream and looking ahead, the Tokyo experience has a potential Paris swansong on the horizon for dual-sport Paralympian, Hannah Dodd.

Living with COVID-19 restrictions is different for everyone. For Debbie Sturdy, she wasn’t sure the impact these restrictions would have on her son Matthew Carpenter.

Thornbury NDIS participant Kira Young said her NDIS funding has changed her life, providing more opportunities to access supports and equipment than ever before, while also supporting her to attain her teaching degree. Kira, 25, who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis, along with glaucoma and uveitis causing low vision, said when she was younger, her parents tried to provide what they could but additional supports or equipment were costly. Now an NDIS participant, Kira can access all the supports and equipment she needs through a range of disability organisations like Guide Dogs Victoria and Vision Australia, who can help her build...