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Today, the Minister for the NDIS, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, released the COAG Disability Reform Council Quarterly Report for the quarter ending 31 March 2020. Highlights from the latest Quarterly Report include: 364,879 people with disability are being supported by the Scheme, with 27,426 people joining this past quarter 30 per cent of new participants are aged 0-6 (8,283 children) and of all the participants with approved plans at 31 March 2020, 15 per cent were children aged 0-6 years Participants are increasingly diverse, with almost eight per cent of participants who received a plan this quarter identifying as...
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For Michel Tuomy, the hardest thing about his schizophrenia diagnosis was accepting it. The 50-year-old Lower Templestowe local was diagnosed with the illness in his early 30s, but it wasn’t until around 15 years later that he started to come to terms with it. It was a lifelong love of arts that inspired Michel to start writing again, helping him on a journey to recovery. “I have a friend who is a retired doctor, and he always says the hardest thing about schizophrenia is having the person accept they have it,” Michel said. “It’s made me realise that the doctors...