Our experience and takeaways from working on breathtaking Gajirrawoong and Yawuru Country.

We're often asked what's the difference between a Social Worker and a Specialist Support Coordinator? Both professions provide critical support in the NDIS, but in very different ways.

The challenge directly results from poor implementation of accessibility design standards and attitudes from fellow passengers or proprietors.

Empowerment theory is a cornerstone of social work practice, offering a framework to address both the internal and external forces that contribute to marginalisation.

By applying Maslow's hierarchy, social workers acknowledge the desire to provide for ourselves and how this is impacted by the needs we have met.

Systems theory emphasises that all the factors within a system affect each other and that we should address how they affect one another when assessing the system.

Schizophrenia is a complicated mental health condition, but simply put, it changes how a person perceives and interacts with the world.

Specialist Support Coordinators connect NDIS participants with their services, both inside and outside their NDIS plan, and people on behalf of the agency (the NDIA).

The panel wants to improve provider oversight and participant safety, so why is this the most controversial recomendation from the review?

What's the day in the life of a Specialist Support Coordinator (SSC) at Ark Support Coordination like? We asked Kathy, one of our stellar SSCs to let us know what she got up to in a day.

A decade since its inception, it is evident that the NDIS and supporting government services have yet to achieve their original objectives.

“If I get this role, they are just meeting their diversity quota.” If you have ever had thought like this, you may be experiencing ‘stereotype threat’.

The opportunity to work, earn a living and participate as an economic citizen is a key component of an inclusive Australia.

This volume hosts perhaps one of the most talked about recommendations: the push to end segregated education.

Achieving transformative change for First Nations people with disability’s experience must be based on genuine engagement with people and their culture.

Who is facing challenges when voting in the Voice referendum?

Prior to 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council deemed it safe to drink up to two standard drinks per day and no more than ten per week during pregnancy.

Parents are often unaware of the dangers of consuming alcohol or don’t receive enough support to deal with substance use whilst pregnant.

Our understanding of gender is shifting. However, gender diversity is not a modern invention. Seeing gender on a spectrum has existed for centuries in many cultures.

The term NDIS needs defining in itself, let alone the terminology scattered throughout a plan, provider websites and reports.