Celina Edmonds

Creating more services outside the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and hinging access on impairment instead of medical diagnosis are among the key recommendations from a long-awaited review.

It’s been a year of change for the NDIS, with new leadership, an ongoing review and questions around its sustainability. But much of the commentary has been one-sided, writes national disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright.

Ayelet Marha was born with a form of hand difference called symbrachydactyly. She shares photos of her “nubbins” on her travel Instagram account, instead of selfies.

Rentals are becoming increasingly unaffordable in many parts of Australia but, for many people with disability, the “crisis” is making finding an accessible home even harder.