Voice for Choice

19/06/2026

18/06/2026

❗ Don’t miss out! Our Can I STILL Buy It? peer session is on this Tuesday!
❔ Can you buy a household item with your NDIS funds? Yes? No? Maybe?

😵‍💫 Sometimes it may seem obvious, but with all the ever-changing NDIS rules, it is not always as obvious (or commonsense) as you would think.

Sam will cover 👍 Things to consider when buying an item 📝 Working through the replacement process 😨 Strategies for fixing a mistake claim 💰 Alternate options for funding, and more.

📁 Your Resource Kit (handouts, slides, video recording, auto transcript, extra tips) will keep supporting you after the session wraps up.

💻 Tuesday 23 June, 12:30pm – 2:30pm (SA Time) 💵 $168.90 🔗 Book through the Kits & Workshops tab on our website — link in the comments from 9am.

Pic desc: An image of three check boxes. The top green box says YES with a tick, the middle red box says NO with a cross, and the bottom yellow box says MAYBE with a question mark.

16/06/2026

The proposed NDIS reforms highlighted the importance of clear information and genuine opportunities to be heard for people with disability.

We want to hear about your experiences with:

1️⃣where you find information about changes to the NDIS
2️⃣ what makes information easy or hard to understand
3️⃣ how you want to give feedback about changes to the NDIS.

Your feedback will help PWDA advocate for more accessible information, better consultation and stronger engagement with people with disability.

Complete our short survey (about 10 minutes): https://buff.ly/TfGSY0c

14/06/2026

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Beige background featuring a large yellow speech bubble with black quotation marks. Inside the speech bubble is the quote: “Social and community participation should not be treated as a lower order support simply because it goes beyond immediate physical care and no such hierarchy is contained or implied in the NDIS Act.” Beneath the quote, smaller text reads: “Dr Sam Bennett from The Grattan Institute speaks at Day 3 of the Senate Inquiry Public Hearing into the Future Generations NDIS Bill.”

Grattan Institute

14/06/2026

10 week online workshop series where young people with intellectual disability aged 18-25 practice and grow self determination skills.

10/06/2026

To say my planning meeting went badly was an understatement.

From the beginning it was clear that all the decisions had already been made.

There was no planning to be done in the planning meeting.

I was only there to listen to the decisions that had been made about me”.

- A NDIS participant shares their experience on the Lived Experience Panel on Day Two of the Public Hearing into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

The Government is consulting on proposed expansion of free mental health services for young people aged 12 - 25 years.

headspace Plus and Youth Specialist Care Centres have been designed to fill the gap in the mental health system for young people with higher intensity needs.

Models of care have been drafted for the services and available for consultation.

Have your say. Survey closes Thursday 11 June: https://buff.ly/7vNvDT0

09/06/2026

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There is still time to nominate for the Victorian Disability Award 2026.

Do you know people, groups or organisations who:

➡️ champion disability rights and inclusion

➡️ show best practice policy delivery and advocacy

➡️ are role models in their own communities and across Victoria

➡️ promotes disability pride?

Nominations close 5pm, Friday 26 June 2026

For more info and to nominate go to https://www.dffh.vic.gov.au/victorian-disability-awards