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Warlpiri Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

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Anindilyakwa Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

Burarra Disability Support Pension 2 by Services Australia

Burarra Disability Support Pension 1 by Services Australia

Djambarrpuyngu Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

Eastern Arrernte Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

Pitjantjatjara Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

Tiwi Disability Support Pension by Services Australia

Did you know if you're on the disability support pension it might stop you from taking your relationship to the next level? Award winning writer, stand up comedian and disability advocate Madeleine Stewart joins Pip to chat about what's going on.

Did you know if you're on the disability support pension it might stop you from taking your relationship to the next level? Award winning writer, stand up comedian and disability advocate Madeleine Stewart joins Pip to chat about what's going on.

Did you know if you're on the disability support pension it might stop you from taking your relationship to the next level? Award winning writer, stand up comedian and disability advocate Madeleine Stewart joins Pip to chat about what's going on.

This week, Kate flys solo chatting to Pea Dad Phil, CEO of Wallara, a leading provider of adult disability support services in Melbourne's southeast. Phil has a young adult daughter Phoebe who has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal. Following a 12-year stint working all over the world for the NBA, Phil took on the CEO role at Wallara. Wallara provides innovative support for people to grow, work, explore and live while also educating and engaging the community to drive inclusion. Wallara provides learning and lifestyle support, employment opportunities, supported housing, social and recreational activities and more. Wallara also runs a farm and cafe that welcomes over 15,000 visitors a year and has partnerships with organisations such as the St Kilda Football Club. Kate and Phil have a robust discussion from a parent's view about education, inclusion, ableism, choice, opportunities, wages and the Disability Support Pension and more! Find out more about Wallara on their website, head down and visit the Sages Cottage Cafe & Farm and make sure you check out WallaraTV on YouTube. Thanks for chatting with us Phil!Plus:Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveJoin our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeBuy our book The Invisible Life Of Us!Leave us a speakpipe Help spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Melbourne forecast for Thursday September 14 - Becoming windy, mostly sunny, 24 degreesThank you for supporting Too Peas In A Podcast! We love to hear from you, please contact us here: Website: www.toopeasinapodcast.com.auEmail: toopeaspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosie Bouton is a Financial Adviser who has expertise in Social Security & Aged Care rules & legislation, developed during her career with the Department of Human Services Centrelink over more than ten years, assisting clients in areas such as Financial Information Service, Residential Aged Care, Carer Payment, Aged Pension and Disability Support Pension. Rosie enjoys sharing my knowledge with others, and empowering people to make informed financial decisions.  With a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning from Griffith University, and as an Accredited Aged Care Professional with Aged Care Steps. I can also help with superannuation, managed investments, insurance, debt reduction, and budgeting and cashflow needs.   Resources: https://www.advancecareplanning.org.au/ https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/ https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/   Connect with Rosie here: Website: https://weplanfinancial.com.au/about-us/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosie-bouton-8218a2155/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoutonRosie   Thanks for listening!  We love your support, please subscribe, review, comment and share this episode to help empower and educate more folks around the money stuff!   Check out more about us here: www.moneymechanics.com.au www.scottmalcolm.com.au Check out our Financial Service Guide and Privacy Policy here.   Follow and like us on socials: Instagram: @moneymechanics Twitter: @moneymechanics   Money Mechanics Pty Ltd (ABN 64 136 066 272) is a Corporate Authorised Representative of Infocus Securities Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 47 097 797 049) AFSL and Australian Credit Licence No. 236523   General Advice Warning Information in this podcast has been prepared for general information purposes only and not as specific advice to any particular person.    Any advice contained is General Advice and does not take into account any person's particular investment objectives, financial situation and particular needs.  Before making an investment decision based on this advice you should consider, with or without the assistance of a qualified adviser, whether it is appropriate to your particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances.  Past performance of financial products is no assurance of future performance.  Product Disclosure Statements contain information necessary for you to make a decision whether or not to invest in financial products which may be mentioned in this podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raise The Platform podcasts are back! This episode features RTP Executive Producer Rachael discussing Centrelink, Services Australia, the Disability Support Pension, and the inequities disabled young people face when trying to access these services. Rachael also discusses this article from the ABC - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-21/disability-support-pension-centrelink-dehumanising-degrading/101526616 This episode was originally aired on Saturday October 22nd (4pm - 5pm). -- You can find out more about Raise The Platform on our website - http://syn.org.au/show/raise-the-platform/  For more info, or to join the show, email Raise The Platform's Facilitator. Is Hay – is.hay@syn.org.auDonate to SYN: http://syn.org.au/donate-to-syn/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sophie Reid-Singer has a congenital bone disease causing chronic pain and fatigue. She says having to prove her disability to access welfare support is "a hate crime".

In this episode Susan speaks to Western Australia Greens Senator, Jordon Steele-John. We talk about his first day working at Parliament House as a person with a disability, the importance of disability representation in politics and diversity and how including people with disabilities in legislation goes well beyond topics such as the NDIS and Disability Support Pension.Information in this episode Jordon Steele-John: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_M...https://greens.org.au/wa/person/jordo...Australian Greens: https://greens.org.au/CreditsThis episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood with assistance by Effie Manetakis. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://bit.ly/ResourceHubSCIA.

Although Ponciano Aguilar is receiving a Disability Support Pension, he continues to work and pursue his passion for the arts. - Kahit na nakakatanggap ng Disability Support Pension, nagtatrabaho bilang art teacher si Ponciano Aguilar at ipinagpapatuloy ang hilig sa pagpipinta.

In this episode I speak with Mark, a social worker from Canada who has worked in the mental health space for the last 10 years in a range of roles including case management, clinical NDIS work, leadership roles as a team leader and program manager, and now owner of a private practice Clarity Therapy. Mark's practice incorporates CBT, ACT, and DBT principles mixed with some eco therapy, and Mark works mainly with youth and young adults. Links to resources mentioned in this week's episode: Clarity Therapy - www.claritytherapy.com.au Mark's email and Instagram - mark@claritytherapy.com.au & @claritytherapy_au Russ Harris, The Happiness Trap - https://thehappinesstrap.com/ Psychology tools, downloads - https://www.psychologytools.com/downloads/worksheets-exercises-guides-handouts/ The Great Psychotherapy Debate, book by Wampold & Imel - https://www.routledge.com/The-Great-Psychotherapy-Debate-The-Evidence-for-What-Makes-Psychotherapy/Wampold-Imel/p/book/9780805857092 Disability Support Pension, Services Australia - https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/disability-support-pension Waves of Wellness Foundation - https://www.foundationwow.org/ Headspace Australia - https://headspace.org.au This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBw9p9hERPZdO8i6p52Vm5WhJ1CBbT4KJ_5PrMqO2Gs/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight/message

Hey, hi, hellooo beautiful soul! Welcome back for another ep of LTP!Today's episode is with Amy Marks. Amy is an endometriosis sufferer, being officially diagnosed in 2020, after experiencing pain and symptoms for over 8 years. She is now studying part time and recently was successful in obtaining the Disability Support Pension. We chat on: Amy's experience being diagnosed with  endo in 2020What she would say to someone who has just been diagnosed with endoThe most challenging aspects of endometriosis and how it impacts her life Tips for studying with a chronic illness Amy's experience being able to get the Disability Support Pension and her advice to someone going through that processI also do a more in depth dive into the Disability Support Pension and the process behind it, including the income and assets test, medical rules and non-medical rules, income limits, evidence needed and the medical assessment to be granted the DSP. I also talk through what happens if you're unsuccessful and what to do next. I mention a few links in the ep, so they're down below for you to check them out, should you wish! DSP Info + Links DSP Pre-Claim Eligibility CheckNon-Medical Rules Medical Rules How Claim is Assessed How to Claim done online or will need:SA466 FormIncome and Assets Form Consent to Disclose Medical Information FormDSP Medical Evidence ChecklistSupporting Documents Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let's Talk, Period with Amy Marks. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!Let's Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you're listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!Your host  is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

A Senate inquiry has been told Australia's disability payment rules need to be ‘rewritten' as people struggle for months, or even years, before receiving support – with some draining their super, relying on charity or accruing thousands of dollars of credit card debt to get by. Many are also forced onto the lower jobseeker payment, with government data showing that 36% of jobseeker recipients are sick or have a disability. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to 28-year-old Natasha Thomson, whose two-year battle to access the payment ended up at the top level of the administrative appeal tribunal, and inequality editor Luke Henriques-Gomes, about the barriers to accessing the disability support pension and the push for reform

Gabrielle Chan returns to talk about her new book, Why You Should Give A F*ck About Farming. Luke Henriques-Gomes, Social affairs & inequality editor at the Guardian, talks about inequality in Australia, including the Senate Inquiry into the Disability Support Pension, calls to bring back the coronavirus supplement payment, and the government's pursuit of alleged welfare debts. Lucie Krahulcova, Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, speaks about the new national surveillance laws, which have just passed Australia's federal parliament. They give security agencies unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception and the alteration of data.

Acknowledgement of Country News Headlines James, Jackson and Mercedes from Uprise Radio caught up with Friends of the Earth campaign coordinator Cam Walker to discuss the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 6th Assessment Report. Cam talks about the report's strengths and weaknesses and campaigning opportunities in the lead up to the looming federal election. This conversation is part of a 2 part special  - the full discussion can be found here. Thursday Breakfast speaks with a Victorian high school art and woodwork teacher, who has taught in regional and metro areas as well as overseas in London. They are currently teaching at an inner city public school, and join us to talk about the challenges of teaching through the recurring lockdowns in Naarm.  Heela Arsala, an Afghan Australian who moved to Australia 30 years ago with her family, joins us to talk about the current situation in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal. As well as how the non-Afghan community can stand in solidarity over the coming months. Heela is a practicing commercial lawyer and she spends a considerable amount of time giving back to the community by advising not-for-profits as well as being the director of Edmund Rice Camps Vic.  Brendan Kennedy is a Tati Tati Elder from Victoria's north-west. He is the Director of Tati Tati Kaiejin, an artist, teacher and linguist. Brendan joins Thursday Breakfast to talk about water rights and returning Cultural Flows to Margooya Lagoon, a permanent wetland on the Murray river in northern Victoria. A new report, produced by Environmental Justice Australia, lays out a plan for how this important action can proceed. You can support calls for Cultural Flows by sending a letter to government here.Kristin O'Connell, who does research and policy at the Antipoverty Centre, joins us to speak about the ongoing need to raise the rate and #PayPeopleToStayHome, provide updates on the mutual obligations bill, and discuss the Antipoverty Centre and People with Disability Australia's joint submission to the inquiry into the Disability Support Pension. SongsSimona Castricum - Grateful for the Heartache

In this episode, I speak with Lachlan, an early career Social Worker whose final placement saw him working in a youth drug and alcohol NGO providing specialist homelessness services. This piqued Lachlan's interest in the social complexities of this client group and saw him working as a new grad Social Worker in an Opiate Treatment Program based in the inner city, where he has found a passion for domestic violence, mental health, institutionalisation, and homelessness. Links to resources mentioned in this week's episode: Mental Health Carers NSW - https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/ South East Sydney Local Health District Drug and Alcohol Services - https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/drug-and-alcohol-services Methadone use in Australia - https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/drugtreat-pubs-meth-toc~drugtreat-pubs-meth-int Wayside Chapel - https://www.waysidechapel.org.au/ Kirketon Road Centre - https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/kirketon-road-centre The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) - https://www.mocatest.org/ Psychiatric impairments and the Disability Support Pension - https://www.ejaustralia.org.au/wp/social-security-rights-review/psychiatric-impairments-and-the-disability-support-pension/ Psychosocial NDIS Access Project - https://www.missionaustralia.com.au/servicedirectory/193-mental-health-recovery/psychosocial-ndis-access-project Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (hospital-based) - https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/psychiatric-emergency-care-centre-pecc-0 The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk) - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score Medically Supervised Injecting Centre - https://www.uniting.org/community-impact/uniting-medically-supervised-injecting-centre--msic This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14D1mR1KOt4adxKUaebO31fTLGqKQdswNCAuxAwKdtlg/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight/message

 Acknowledgement of Country News Headline We play a short excerpt of episode 4 of Black Gold, a series produced in the studios of 3CR Community Radio on Wurundjeri land in Fitzroy, by Kerri-Lee Harding and assistant producer Corey Green. The episode is presented by Viv Malo and celebrates the life of broadcaster Lisa Bellear.  We would also like to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners that the program contains the voices of people who have passed away. Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual abuse.  Lloyd Williams, National Secretary of the Health Services Union joins us to talk about the Change Aged Care Campaign to increase the pay of aged care workers by 25%. El Gibbs is a disability advocate and an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues. El joins us to talk about the Senate inquiry into the Disability Support Pension and Department of Social Services consultation on the DSP impairment tables We speak to Cait Kelly, a journalist currently working at The New Daily. Cait joins us to discuss the pay and conditions of fruit pickers, And the application by the Australian Workers Union to the Fair Work Commission for a rise in the award wage for farm workers.    Songs  Baarka - King Brown Miiesha - Made for Silence  Squidgenini - All Made Up Miss Blanks - Fly High

Kaitlyn Blythe joined Marijo Požega in an honest conversation that explored cultural and ideological ideas that impact on people with chronic illness/disability, while discussing COVID-19, the disability support pension and housing (un)affordibility.Kaitlyn Blythe (formerly Kaitlyn Plyley) is a Melbourne-based writer and performer. Her writing has been published by Junkee, The Sydney Morning Herald, Seizure, The Lifted Brow, and more. In 2019, Kaitlyn received Copyright Agency's Ignite Grant and The Wheeler Centre's Hot Desk Fellowship to work on her chronic illness memoir, Suddenly 80.Kaitlyn trained in storytelling under teachers from LA's The Moth and NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade, and has performed true stories from her life at festivals and events all over Australia. Her podcast Just A Spoonful – where she interviews young people living with chronic illness and/or disability about their work, daily lives and passions – has ranked in Australian iTunes' top 100 and featured on triple j, ABC radio and at the National Young Writers Festival. Listen to the Just A Spoonful Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/just-a-spoonful/id927826969You can find Kaitlyn on Twitter at: @BlytheByName 

Director Ella Caldwell and cast members Daniela Farinacci and Hannah Fredericksen from Red Stitch Actors' Theatre joined Amy to talk about their Australian Premiere of the play OIL, a political and historical play on humanity’s troubled relationship with oil and fossil fuels. Professor Alex Collie from Monash University on the health status of those receiving the Disability Support Pension or Newstart, and what needs to change to support the most disadvantaged in our community

Disability advocates are calling for urgent reforms to the Disability Support Pension with new research showing eligibility thresholds mean many are left struggling financially on the lesser Newstart payments. It also says those on the pension are struggling to make ends meet, with their costs of living at least 100 dollars more a week than those without a disability. - Abavugira abagendana ubumuga barahamagarira reta guhindura itegeko risanzwe rihari mu gufasha abagendana ubumuga bageze muzabukuru. Aho n'inyuma yaho ubushakashatsi bwa vuba bwerekana yuko ibisabwa kugira wemererwe iyo mfashanyo vyerekana yuko benshi basigara badafise icepfo n'icaruguru behembera ku mfanshanyo ya baba barindiriye akazi. Abaronswa imfanshanyo y'abagendana ubumuga abari muza bukuru ngo nabo ntiborohewe mubijanye n'ubuzima bwa misi yose, aho ni mugihe usanga bakenera ama dorari 100 arenzeko kurusha abandi bantu batagendana ubumuga.

Disability advocates are calling for urgent reforms to the Disability Support Pension with new research showing eligibility thresholds mean many are left struggling financially on the lesser Newstart payments. - Vammautuneiden etujärjestöt vaativat kiireellisiä uudistuksia vammaiseläkkeeseen

There are concerns vulnerable people born overseas and living with a disability in Australia are missing out on support services. The organisation People with Disability Australia says the national scheme set up to service the disabled community needs to be more accessible and inclusive. It's hoped a multilingual hub offering non-English speakers who have a disability crucial information about available support, will start to fill the gap. - Ramdang chuakmi minung, Australia ah mipum tlamtlinlo in khuasami le a ummi hna nih bawmhnak an tinco ding a si komi a tingcomi an tam. Mipum Tlamtlinglo Australia timi zung lei in an chimmi cu, ramhuap in a cozah nih mipum tlamtlinglo caah bawmhnak a tuahmi hi mipum tlamtlinglo mibu, zapi zaran nih ngah khawh deuh ding in le telhchihmi minung siding a si tiah an ti. Mirang holh a thiamlomi hna caah mipum tlamtlinglo bawmhnak kong hngalh a herhmi tete hi, an mah le nuhrin holh tein hngalh khawh ding le fianh khawhding in an tuah a si ahcun, hinihhin, a kuami lawnnak cu a phih khawh ko lai.

Liz Turnbull is a solicitor for the Illawarra Legal Centre and on the Social Security Rights Network.  Today we discuss the disability support pension and what health professionals can do to support their patients. What is the DSP and how much is it? Carers allowance vs carers payment What are the requirements of the DSP?   For health problems - how does one qualify for the DSP? What constitutes as enough evidence for the points system? What should be in letters from GPs and health professionals?   Can people work on the DSP? What is the process and timeline for lodging a DSP?  How long until it is reviewed? Can people appeal the decision? Social Security Rights Network factsheets (see DSP): http://www.nssrn.org.au/factsheets/, http://www.nssrn.org.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Disability-Support-Pension.pdf Impairment tables: https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2012/dsp_impairment_final_tables.pdf   More episodes @ www.facebook.com/thegpshow.podcast   As always – rating this podcast 5 stars and leaving a positive review in iTunes is hugely appreciated. Enjoy friends.

In this second series of Inform, we’ll be discussing accessibility. But not as you might know it. From accessible workplaces, to assistive technology, we’ll be asking what accessibility means and why it matters. We'll also be discussing some strategies and tips for things like advocating for accessibility or accessing information on assistive technology. Accessibility in the workplace In episode one, we spoke with Daniel, a lawyer who has experience advocating for his own accessibility. For Daniel, accessibility is about welcoming people in. He discusses how his vision impairment impacts his experience navigating the world and talks about what he did to advocate for his own accessibility in the workplace. He also has some tips and advice for anyone in a similar situation. I think for me, accessibility comes back to that idea that you want to welcome people in rather than shut people out. And by acknowledging that that's not easy, that's part of it. But by acknowledging that it's necessary, that's also a really important part of it—Daniel Health equality and accessibility Also in this episode we speak with epidemiologist, Dr Jerome Rachele. Dr Rachele works in the disability and health unit at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He discusses his research about the link between accessible cities and health equality. And he too has some advice for dealing with accessibility challenges. So if we have an accessible city, we have an inclusive society. And politicians, for example, often will speak about the need to have people in employment, so that they can be off the Disability Support Pension or can be paying tax. But inclusion in society is so much more than that. It's so much more than just employment. It's about, you know, allowing people to be different, allowing people to participate in recreation, allowing people to attend events, having a society where everyone's welcome and can have no restrictions in their participation—Dr Jerome Rachele Vision Australia Radio Before we hear from Daniel and Dr Rachele though, we visit Vision Australia Radio. At Vision Australia, we talk to Conrad Browne the manager of Vision Australia Radio and Audio and volunteer reader, Jo Manager. We discuss the services offered by Vision Australia Radio and how they make information accessible for a wide audience. It was a quite an interesting way of using the community radio network to deliver this service publicly. In a way, it was really revolutionary, because you were using something that reaches a lot of people in a in a way that was truly accessible. Everyone had a radio in their home. It's evolved over the 40 years, but it still has remained quite true to itself—Conrad Browne Do you have a story of accessibility that you'd like to share? Get in touch at inform@independenceaustralia.com Thank you for joining us for episode one of series two of the Inform podcast. If you're keen to hear more, go back and listen to our first series where we focused on work. You can find those episodes here. Stay tuned for the next episode in this series, coming soon. In the meantime, subscribe for free to be the first to hear about future episodes of Inform Podcast. Host & Producer: Kirby Fenwick Managing editor: Alison Crowe Sound Designer: Imogen Hanrahan With thanks to Conrad Browne and Jo Manger at Vision Australia Radio, Dr Jerome Rachele and Daniel. Find more information on the services offered by Vision Australia Radio here. Find more information about the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health here. Ready to read more? Try these Inform links:  Spaced: The Waiting Room Arts Company Hitting the town: tips for a great night out Simple ways to get moving

The National Disability Insurance Scheme provides support to Australians who have a permanent and significant disability. Despite having helped almost 150 000 people, Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse background are left behind. - National Disability Insurance Scheme ཞེས་པའི་ཨོ་སི་ཏྲེ་ལི་ཡའི་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་དབང་པོ་སྐྱོན་ཅན་ལ་དམིགས་པའི་ཉེན་སྲུང་འགན་བཅོལ་ལས་འཆར་བརྒྱུད། དབང་པོ་སྐྱོན་ཅན་རྣམས་ལ་མཐུན་སྦྱོར་རོགས་སྐྱོར་གནང་གི་ཡོད། ལས་འཆར་དེ་ཕྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༡༦ ལོར་འགོ་འཛུགས་པ་ནས་བཟུང་ད་བར་དབང་པོ་སྐྱོན་ཅན་མི་གྲངས་འབུམ་གཅིག་དང་ཕྱེད་ཀ་ཙམ་ལ་མཐུན་སྦྱོར་རོགས་རམ་གནང་ཐུབ་པ་བྱུང་ཡོད། འོན་ཀྱང་ལས་འཆར་དེའི་འོག་ཨོ་སི་ཏྲེ་ལི་ཡའི་མི་རིགས་དང་རིག་གཞུང་སྣ་འཛོམས་ཅན་གྱི་མི་འགའ་ཤས་ལ་ཐུགས་ཕན་དེ་ཙམ་གྱི་གསོས་ཐུབ་ཀྱི་མེད་འདུག

Call to action!   Tell us what you really think of 'Law for Community Workers on the go' - help this resource grow and improve.     In this episode Kerry Wright talks to Welfare Rights lawyer Liz Turnbull about the Disability Support Pension. Liz works at Illawarra Legal Centre specialising in social security law, Liz is also the Vice-Chair of the National Social Security Rights Network. In this episode Liz speaks about Centrelink guidelines used to assess DSP applications. Also the important role that community and health workers play in assisting people both when applying for the DSP and when appealing Centrelink decisions. This episode was recorded in our Wollongong office.   Referrals and more information To find more information about the DSP and services which can assist: Welfare Rights Legal Centre – for free legal advice (NSW statewide) and factsheets. Illawarra Legal Centre Welfare Rights Service – for free legal advice for Illawarra, Shoalhaven and South Coast residents on social security matters. National Social Security Rights Network – for Australia wide contacts and factsheets. Australian Government Disability Support Pension information pages. Australian Government Disability Support Pension Program of Support Fact Sheet. Australian Government Social Security Impairment Tables for Disability Support Pension. Administrative Appeals Tribunal Centrelink decision reviews Legal Aid NSW Community Legal Centres NSW To find out details of your local Legal Aid office or Community Legal Centre call LawAccess NSW on 1300 888 529

This is a story about potential, effort and achievement. It’s also a story about disability.   Peta Leseberg, from Bathurst, a country town in NSW, talks for the first time in her life about her disability.   When she was born, she couldn’t breathe. As a child, she had slow development.   Her childhood included a lot of time with specialists and therapists. Bullied in primary school, she chose MacKillop College, a private girls school for high school. Despite the loss of funding this entailed, her parents respected her decision.   Her disability impacts on her life in many ways.   Peta has some trouble speaking, due to poor muscle tone. This can lead to misunderstanding and frustration. Peta, in conversation, can be unsure whether people understand her or are just being polite.   Another impact is the value she places on effort and achievement. Peta has a Bachelor of Arts degree, specialising in history. Education is important to her. Also, she spends much of her time volunteering in the community. It’s important to her to give back to the community, in part out of appreciation for the Disability Support Pension she receives.   Peta understands the importance of not judging other people. Rather, always explore their potential. Peta realises it’s easy to judge another person, to see disability and assume that person lacks potential.   The people who taught Peta to value herself were her parents, her godmother, and some teachers in high school, who encouraged her and valued her potential. Peta remembers vividly being told by her ancient history teacher, Mrs Kanarakis, that she would be a good teacher.   While sometimes she wishes she didn’t have a disability, it strongly shapes her identity.   “Sometimes I think I wish I didn’t have it, and sometimes I think, well, my disability’s got me this far, it hasn’t hindered it, why am I so afraid of it?”

Is putting Michael Bay's name on posters good marketing for Michael Bay films? Really? In this post-Transformers: Dark of the Moon world, my guest for Episode 1 is filmmaker, TV producer and general sasspot Steph Dower, who lives with a permanent disability and has to fill out a form every five years confirming that it's still permanent. We discuss film editing, movies Ben Affleck shouldn't have survived, 'living' on the Disability Support Pension, and whether Mark Wahlberg can be funny.