Now Dave’s happy, working in mainstream employment, gaining even more experience in hospitality, and according to Café Bear & Scoobs owner, Mark, customers are flocking.
Wanting to appear on stage and in movies since he was a small boy, Nathan used his NDIS funding for support to attend Options Theatre Company as he works towards his main goal, to become a professional actor.
The NDIA and its Partners in the Community will be visiting rural and regional Victoria and New South Wales locations on board the Services Australia Mobile Service Centres.
The Australian Government has commenced distributing 1.2 million rapid antigen tests to high risk residential disability care settings, with five million test kits to be delivered by June this year.
The latest Quarterly Report has marked a major milestone under the Australian Government, with the world-first insurance scheme now transforming the lives of more than 500,000 Australians living with significant and permanent disability.
South Australian NDIS participant and disability advocate Gavin Burner is enthusiastic about his role in helping to shape the NDIS and improve the Scheme as a member of the Participant First Engagement Initiative and Participant Reference Group.
Double amputee Dwayne Fernandes, 36, was born without his fibulas and some toes and fingers, which affects his balance. Before he was three years old, he had five surgeries and at age 11, Dwayne decided to replace his legs with prosthetic limbs.
The NDIS has introduced a temporary measure to further support participants during the COVID-19 pandemic, with those in lockdown areas no longer needing to use their support funding to pay someone to cook and shop for them.
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.