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![<p>The platform was created to provide the best tools, support and information for families of children with autism and other developmental delays [Source: Rockmelon]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/Rockmelon-4-March.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Digital platform launches to help parents of children with autism
A new Australian tech company has launched a digital platform to support the families of children with autism and... Read more
![<p>Among the announcements is a seven-year commitment to improving Australia’s mental health across a number of initiatives [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/3-March-budget.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Federal Budget 2019-20 – what this means for people with disability
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s announcement of the Federal Budget 2019-20 had disability advocates overjoyed at Royal... Read more
![<p>Prices for NDIS funded therapy, attendant care and community participation will be boosted, effective 1 July 2019 [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/3-April-providers.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Providers welcome NDIS price increase
Disability providers have welcomed the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) price increase through a $850 million... Read more
![<p>The Government is expected to allocate a staggering $527 million to the inquiry overshadowing Royal Commissions into Banking, Child Abuse and Aged Care [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/2-April-Record-Breaker.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability Royal Commission funding breaks records
The funding allocation for the Royal Commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people with... Read more
![<p>Australians are being encouraged to start conversations with elderly loved ones during National Advanced Care Planning Week this week [Source: Advanced Care Planning Australia]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/1-April-Advanced-Care.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Advanced Care Planning Week encourages tough but important conversations
If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would speak for you? And what health care decisions would you want them to... Read more
![<p> World Autism Awareness Week is a great way to raise awareness for the neurological condition one in 100 people in Australia live with [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/1-April.jpg?fm=pjpg)
World Autism Awareness Week celebrates people on the spectrum
With World Autism Awareness Day held on Tuesday 2 April and World Autism Awareness Week from Monday 1 April to Sunday 7... Read more
![<p>The festival aims to make music a platform to normalise disability by encouraging everyone to come together in celebration of live music [Source: Hireup]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/29-March-Ability-Fest.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Ability Fest returns for second year!
Australia’s most accessible and inclusive music festival is returning for its second year next weekend, complete with... Read more
![<p>The peak body for disability service providers says this is made evident on the second page of the Growing the NDIS Market and Workforce Strategy document, dated 2015 [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/29-March.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability market and workforce strategy re-release “old news”
The Federal Government’s release of a National Workforce Strategy for disability last week is “a rehash of old... Read more
![<p>The South Australian Government is calling on people with disability to have their input on the State’s inclusive future [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/27-March.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Consultation opens for South Australia’s first State Disability Inclusion Plan
Consultation for South Australia’s first Disability Inclusive Plan has opened, to promote a more inclusive community... Read more
![<p>Rachel Fenwick (middle) with one of her medals [Source: Bedford Group]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/Rachel.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Bedford’s ‘Golden Girls’ celebrate Special Olympics success
Two employees of Bedford Group have represented the country and the disability service provider by bringing home medals... Read more