With thanks to Bill Madden for this update: https://billmaddens.wordpress.com/2021/09/22/ndis-plan-nominees-and-guardians/ “Lamb and National Disability Insurance Agency [2021] AATA 3373 (on JADE) is of interest for its discussion of the Agency’s decision to cancel the appointment of plan nominee, following the appointment of a guardian by QCAT. The plan nominee had applied to be appointed as guardian but QCAT appointed…
If you have appealed an NDIS decision to the AAT, do you still have a plan review? Can assistive technology be added to your plan? What if things change and you need a change of circumstances review? Complicated legal words Before we get into the details, there is a legal concept that is important here.…
Villamanta are excited to announce the commencement of a new, and time limited service to assist people with the AAT appeals. In collaboration with Melbourne Law School, we have been training law students at the NDIS Clinic and soon they will be available to assist participants in the early stages of an AAT appeal. They…
Villamanta is one of 25 disability advocacy organisations who have written and endorsed joint responses to the NDIA’s consultation on proposed reforms. These have been submitted to the NDIA. You can read the submissions below. Download “Response to Consultation on Proposed NDIS Reforms- Access and Independent Assessments“ Download “Response to Consultation on Proposed NDIS Reforms-…
The Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) has prepared a guideline for health practitioners, service providers and medical treatment decision makers on the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. In brief, administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be medical treatment. If a person has decision-making capacity, they can consent to or refuse the COVID-19…
We are pleased to announce our 2019-2020 Annual Report is now available. You can see it here
The Commission website provides comprehensive information about the aims and role of the Commission and options for providing a submission: https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/. Legal Rights Prior to making a submission, it is recommended that legal advice is sought to ensure the legal rights of the participants are acknowledged. Your Story Disability Legal Support provide free legal advice: …
Joint media release: Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc and Gippsland Disability Advocacy Incorporated AAT rejects NDIS Independent Assessment In a recent decision the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has commented on the NDIA’s use of an independent assessor, stating “this type of therapist is not appropriately qualified” (for the purposes of disgnosis) and that the assessor’s…
Advocacy support for Disability Royal Commission now available throughout Victoria 19/8/2020 People with disability living in Victoria who have experienced violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation can now access free and independent advocacy support. Around 4.4 million Australians have disability and research shows they are more likely to experience violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation than people…
We have received a number of queries about transport payments recently.* Yes, there was a system-wide delay in payments a couple of weeks back (after a public holiday in the ACT), but payments should be back to normal now. The issue being raised is that people: have transport funding in their NDIS plan have a…