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NDIS

The official National Disability Insurance Scheme Instagram account. Sharing stories about Australians with disability and their lives. youtu.be/zHzpqvp3C-I

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"I'm Grant Plowman. I'm 56 and I was born with cerebral palsy. Mum and dad were told actually to put me into a home and just forget that I was even born, basically. Kind of blew all their theories apart, didn't I? They didn't know squat." 56 years later, Grant Plowman is one of the most energetic and unstoppable people you'll ever meet - literally, good luck stopping him when he clocks up to 120km/h or more in his bike. And now Grant and his wife, Marites, will have access to the supports they need so he can get into his bike independently. Check out the link in our bio to watch their story....and see Grant burn some rubber 🚴🌪🔥🚦
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Image description: Grant is sitting in his front driveway in his recumbent cycle, wearing a helmet and giving a thumbs up to the camera.

When David Baird first played cricket for Australia 12 years ago, the intellectual disability team he stepped out with didn’t even come under the umbrella of the game’s governing body. The privilege of representing your country came at a price – little shy of $3000 each, a bill footed by the players and their families.

He’s now 44 and back in England, the senior member of an Australian ID team that’s about to take on the hosts and South Africa in a tri-series of 40 and 20-over internationals. He’s excited to be in the home of cricket again, for sure, but also hugely relieved to be part of the first Australian cricket tour by players with any type of disability where it won’t cost them a cent.
“I’ve watched it grow from a little thing to a big thing now,” David says. “To see where it’s come to now …” His mother, Val, remembers the hard years – 13 of them through David’s childhood where lung problems that would today be diagnosed as cystic fibrosis left him virtually hospital-bound. That sick little boy has made a life out of cricket, working as assistant curator at his local club on the Gold Coast, coaching and mentoring other young cricketers with disabilities, and playing for Australia. “I’m just so proud of Dave,” Val Baird says. “He represents all the kids I know who are living with disability.” Image description: Three men in blue and white cricket uniforms with baseball caps on are smiling over their shoulders at the camera. The guys are leaning against the white picket fence of a cricket oval and there is a scoreboard in the background.
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Who's ready for the deciding #stateoforigin match tonight? Griffin Falknau is a pretty dedicated #QLD supporter and @jthurston06 fan - he'll be one of many sadly farewelling his hero in tonight's decider 😪 Griffin and his mum, Tania, recently spoke to us about how his NDIS supports have helped him get more involved in his passion. Griffin has become an accredited League Safe water boy so he can get out on the field every Sunday and help his local footy team, the Highfield Eagles 🦅🏈 and it's a new highlight in his week. "I go to bed thinking about that every night, yeah." Check out Griff's story on our YouTube channel - link is in our bio
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Image descriptions - Photo 1: Griffin and his mum, Tania, are sitting next to each other on a bench in their back yard, surrounded by trees. Griffin is wearing a Queensland NRL hoodie and a beanie. Photo 2: A Queensland NRL flag is hanging on blinds in Griffin's home. It reads "COME ON CANETOADS" and has a picture of a muscly, angry-looking cartoon canetoad on it. Photo 3: Griffin is doing his duties as a LeagueSafe field assistant, delivering water to his local Highfield footy team. He's in a fluoro yellow League Safe shirt and there are two players in front of him, drinking water while running. Photo 4: Griffin and his colleague are running on to the field to deliver water to the players. They are wearing fluoro yellow shirts and Griffin is holding a water bottle out to a player who is out of shot. Photo 5: Griffin and the Highfields footy team coach are watching the football game. They both have hopeful looks on their faces - Griffin is smiling and excited.

Today we roll out to a bunch of new locations across Australia! 💚🇦🇺💜 We want to say thank you to all the wonderful #ndisproviders (here on Instagram and in real life!) who do a great job day in, day out working with #ndisparticipants and engaging with the community. Cheers to you guys and cheers to providing great new options of #choice and #control to people with disability right across the country. If you're an #ndis provider, comment below with your top tip for folks to get #ndisready ✔️
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Image description: The image shows a cartoon map of Australia. Every state and territory is a different colour. There are boxes outside Australia explaining the new areas rolling in to the NDIS today. They are: Northern Territory, all age groups in Darwin Remote and Katherine. South Australia, Adults 18-64 in North Adelaide, Barossa Light and Lower North. Queensland, all age groups. New South Wales, all age groups in Illawarra Shoalhaven, Mid North Coast, Murrumbidgee, Northern NSW, South Eastern Sydney, Western NSW and Far West NSW. Tasmania, Children 4-11 years old state-wide.

That face when you finish your ECEI supports #TGIF
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Image description: James is running through a field, sunset behind him, grinning and arms akimbo.

Professor Anne Kavanagh had spent years studying how society can impact a person’s health - why factors like employment, housing, socio-economic status, gender and race all play a role in determining who is healthy and who gets sick. Then, in her late 40s, Anne was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Suddenly, she was a person living with disability. Anne is also a mother of two boys, one of whom has autism. This week, Anne is celebrating the launch of the Centre for Research Excellence in Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne. You can check out the Centre's work at http://www.credh.org.au •

Image description: Anne walks with her family through a produce market. From left to right is son Declan, who is holding hands with Anne's partner Evelyn, son Alister and Anne. They are all laughing together.

"My name is James, and welcome to my school." Have you met James the Dinosaur Enthusiast yet? 👦🏻🐊🦎 If not, check out our YouTube channel to hear him tell his story about getting some NDIS early childhood supports so he could head into big school learning not just one language but two 👀 Link is in our bio, and when you head to our YouTube, you can subscribe to get notifications when fresh new NDIS TV videos are uploaded🎥 📺✔️
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Image description: James is smiling at the camera, a field, trees and the sunset behind him. He's wearing his school sports uniform.

"It does take a while to get back into the everyday life. Going to the shopping. Paying the electric bill. Paying the gas bill. It takes a while to get back into the swing of doing things like that." Stewart recently told us what the #ndis means for him; having the supports he needs to get back into the groove of every day life. You can get the full video and transcript at the link in our bio. #trustyourinstincts ✌️

Everyone has a right to be loved, to be accepted, and to express who they are. No matter of their disability, non-disability, sexuality, race. It doesn't matter." 💛 Today we're talking about why #inclusionmatters for people with disability. Especially loving this #flashbackfriday to #mardigras where everyone was celebrating their whole selves ❤️💜💙🌈 •
Video transcript: "Welcome to Mardi Gras 2017!" "Welcome to Mardi Gras!" "People with disability are fighting enough battles as it is. And it's most important that we, people with disabilities, stand up for the rights, whether we're gay or friends or family it doesn't matter. It's important that we're here making a difference." "So often our queer part is pushed away or our disability part is pushed away. I really think it's important to bring both of those parts together and to say 'I am disabled and and I am queer.' It felt so great to be part of that community, part of that group." "Everyone has a right to be loved, to be accepted, and to express who they are. No matter of their disability, non-disability, sexuality, race. It doesn't matter."

It was so great to meet and chat to @karniliddell and baby Kai at the Ipswich Expo last week. Karni spoke passionately about being an #NDIS ambassador and had the room in fits of giggles as emcee, and Kai clearly loving his new bib 💜💚💜
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How cuuuttteee is my co-host?! We just survived our first 2 day conference together! I was honoured to be the emcee for the #NDIS Ipswich expo as the NDIS is now open for business in the Ipswich area and next stop for the NDIS rollout is my hometown of Rocky..I was a tad nervous about being on stage for 2 full days with an 18 week old, but we managed it with the help of my village and the support of the #NDIA and my team from the Department of Comminities, child safety and Disability Services (I also had to squeeze in a trip back to Brisbane for a Domestic and family Violence Council meeting). My little side kick had to join me on stage from time to time which was a brilliant distraction as nobody cared about what my baby brain was producing as they were too busy staring at that face and those chhhheeeeekkkss! I'm going to start charging two appearance fees from now on, get the kid working early I reckon, make him work for his tucker! #workingmum #mumlife #I💜NDIS #wheelingzombie #babyboy #thoseeyes #lovewhatido #thisiswhatdiversitylookslike #whoruntheworld #disability #diversity 💪🏽🙏🏼🍷👶🏼

What does an #ndis Support Coordinator do? Jane is here to explain (#rhymeintended 😏). • “My name is Jane Wardlaw, and we focus on coordination of support. What we do is we actually link people into the right supports that they may need to help them be the best they can be. We help people understand how to interpret their NDIS plans. It can be really overwhelming when you receive your first plan and trying to analyse the information in the plan, or even learning how to link in with service providers. So really, it’s like having a mentor or a coach that’s working alongside you to encourage you and provide you with all the information that you need to link in with appropriate services and understanding how to exercise choice and control.”

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