She sighed, looking at the form on the app. Wanting to feel fresh air once again. It was time to face the gauntlet for permission. Reason for request: 10 minutes at the beach. … the computer takes some time to connect …. “Request denied” flashes up on the screen. … the […]
Advocacy
Inclusive Communities Fund Consultation
You can find full details of the Inclusive Communities Fund Consultation here. Or you can fill out a survey being run by PWDA (I have no affiliation with them, I just like easy data collection and they do it better than other organisations at the moment.) You can email your submission to InclusiveCommunitiesFund@health.gov.au by […]
No delays to NDIS cuts – email to Minister McAllister
A quick email I fired off, because it pisses me off when the government claims people with a disability get supports. I’m tired of all of us who are unsupported being ignored. This includes pieces from this email to Mark Butler and this email to Melissa McIntosh. Remember, most issues in this area are not […]
Needs and wants, the beginning
I talk a lot to friends and in chats and online about wants vs needs. I don’t think I’ve ever put some of my ideas down in a blog post though, so here’s the start of what may be many discussions and thoughts over the years. I think the only place I’ve touched on this […]
We shouldn’t need a brand name to be heard
Recently on Instagram I pulled together some posts. And I want them saved here, for ease of access in the future. I referred to this post, where I wrote to opposition Minister for NDIS to remind her that MOST Australians with a disability already live in a no mans land of no disability supports. […]
NDIS Functional Capacity Query
A quick email I wrote to the Technical Advisory Group after seeing this press release. The TAG secretariat is available at: TAGSecretariat@health.gov.au Good afternoon Technical Advisory Group, I was pleased to see the press release on July 9th regarding the inaugural meeting of the TAG on NDIS Functional Capacity. I am further pleased […]
Email to Coalition NDIS spokesperson Melissa McIntosh
Thought I’d add some clarity to a comment I saw in the media today, so I whipped up a quick email. It was sent to: melissa.mcintosh.mp@aph.gov.au Dear Mrs Melissa McIntosh MP, I would like to thank you for your comments today in the ABC article “State and territory disability ministers lash federal […]
Endless hope is a ridiculous expectation
Yeah, job hunting. Endless hope is a ridiculous expectation to expect people to hold onto. That’s the funk of a day I’m in. Recently, I wrote about how I don’t stick to only remote jobs because most work I do can be done from home. I have to hope that it gets through to someone […]
Try this time, for me?
I once wrote about the expectation to always be trying. And I stand by what I wrote. But I’d like to go into a more fundamental issue on the topic of “trying”. The people (including disabled organisations, governments who assess us for benefits & supports etc) who don’t understand that A disability cannot […]
When they announced cuts to the NDIS
When they announced cuts to the NDIS at the National Press Club, I was live whatever-not-tweeting-but-posting-on-bluesky is called. Sorry, my brain still calls things live tweeting because that was a heyday name/action in my brain. Anyway, I hate how things disappear and are hard to find on social media when you want to relate to […]