04-11-2021
Overcoming Disability Barriers: NDIS and Assistance with Daily Life
The everyday activities that seem effortless to a lot of people are often difficult for people with disabilities. When one fails to carry out simple day-to-day activities, their self-esteem could take a hit for no fault of their own. A little assistance with personal tasks can ease the burden and help boost the confidence of differently-abled i [...] Read More
28-10-2021
Importance of Mental Health in People with Disabilities
The uncertainty and isolation created by the covid-19 pandemic have significantly impacted the mental health of people with disabilities. Among them, those with psychosocial disabilities as their primary diagnosis struggle the most when it comes to mental health. Constant support is required to nurture their psychological resilience and individua [...] Read More
24-10-2021
NDIS Psychosocial Recovery Coach and Its Impact on Existing Support Coordinator Role.
The Disability Reform Council of Australia approved a series of initiatives back in October 2019 to improve the accessibility and outcomes of NDIS services for people with psychosocial disabilities. Hence, in an endeavour towards focusing on recovery and mental health support, NDIS has introduced a new support item to help those participants primar [...] Read More
18-10-2021
Understanding NDIS: Things Made Easy with Support Co-ordination
Disability support services in Australia underwent a major revamp with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But several community reports and user feedback available in the public domain suggests that the scheme can be too complex to understand for the newcomers. If you find yourself overwhelmed by the guidelines a [...] Read More
14-10-2021
Community Participation Services and Flexibility of Your NDIS Core Supports budget
National Disability Insurance Scheme introduced nationwide in Australia in 2016 aims to provide reasonable and necessary support to differently-abled individuals to achieve their goals in life. NDIS funding ensures that a person’s disability doesn’t stop them from exercising their choice and giving up their independence. Moreover, this scheme [...] Read More
08-10-2021
Taking Control of Your Life in an Ableist World; Aastha is Here to Guide You.
Disability support is important in improving the lives of differently-abled individuals. We live in a world that isn’t necessarily designed to be inclusive of the needs of you or your loved ones. Australia is making big strides in being disability-inclusive through NDIA, a legislative agency that delivers support by covering the expenditure as [...] Read More
28-09-2021
NDIS Mental Health Services in the Big Picture
NDIS, the insurance scheme for people with disabilities in Australia, has progressed by leaps and bounds to bring the disabled community to the forefront and making them equal stakeholders in the development of society. However, even with all the progress, we have made, people with disabilities resulting from mental conditions or more specifically, [...] Read More
20-09-2021
Right Way to Treat People with Disabilities
Inclusiveness is the hallmark of a healthy society. Putting aside the redundant stereotypes and allowing people to embrace their real selves with dignity is the first step towards this destination. People with disabilities are a community that suffers the brunt of society’s judgmental gaze.
Do you want to know how not to be offensive to some [...] Read More
13-09-2021
Unboxing Support Coordination for you
Understanding and implementing NDIS on your own could prove to be an exhausting task. It is to take off this weight from the shoulders of the participants that NDIS offers Support Co-ordination Support. NDIS Support coordination is a flexible service with numerous benefits. However, in this blog, we are talking about the different levels of sup [...] Read More
07-09-2021
Psychological support from Psychosocial recovery coach
A recent addition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Psycho-social recovery coach, was added after realizing the importance of mental well-being in the recovery plan of a participant. A psycho-social recovery coach is support available to people who have disabilities as a result of mental health issues. Under this service, the [...] Read More
