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Latest disAbility eNews, Issue 202

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NDIS survey for parents, carers, professionals

The University of Western Sydney invites you to complete an online survey to help with the start of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The survey will ask questions about the type of information families and carers need and how best to provide this information using the internet. Participation is anonymous.
Access the survey at
http://uwseducation.us.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3xsSIpcaS7mhEJn

If you have experience with children with disabilities as a professional go to
http://uwseducation.us.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0P5UiMFekGunl7D

It should take about 20 minutes of your time.

If you have questions, contact Hershey Johnson (Research Assistant) at hershey.johnson@uws.edu.au or call (02) 4736 0782

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Getting Started Workshops - May and June 2013

In a My Choice Matters workshop, people with disability and family members share how they got started, how they learned stuff from what went right and also sometimes what went wrong.

You will hear from people who have been managing their supports themselves about how they have taken on more control and exercised more choice.

Workshops are on in the following locations:

Hornsby Thursday 6 June 2013
Newcastle Thursday 27 June 2013

You can find out more and register via the link below:

http://www.mychoicematters.org.au/what-s-on.html

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ATO's Tax Help 2013

Now in its 25^th year, Tax Help was established to help people who have difficulty completing their tax returns. Tax Help is provided by a network of community volunteers who provide free and confidential assistance to people in the community during tax time (July to October). Volunteers come from all sectors of the community, and are trained by the ATO in preparing and lodging tax returns using e-tax.

Organisations that set up Tax Help centres play a crucial role in the program, providing support and private space for volunteers to meet with their clients, and taking appointments. Other organisations lend their support by acting as referral centres, providing information to their members or clients about the service and helping them to make appointments at a local Tax Help centre.

How you can help

More information on the program is available on our website at www.ato.gov.au/taxhelp.

Alternatively if you or your organisation is interested in getting involved in the program, send your details to MEI_TaxHelp@ato.gov.au

Attached below is a copy of a fact sheet on the program than can be printed and distributed to your staff and/or clients, if appropriate. Tax Help program recruitment for 2013 closes in late-April.

If you have any comments or feedback on this email please feel free to contact us at diversity@ato.gov.au

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Epilepsy-NDIS Survey, Part of the Practical Design Fund for the NDIS

We would like to invite you, your staff and people with a disability over the age of 18 years and families with a member of any age with a disability and epilepsy to have a say about how epilepsy will be managed under the NDIS.

Further details on the project can be found at http://www.epinet.org.au/articles/research/epilepsy__the_ndis_-_have_your_say_1

Interested participants can access the survey available for online completion at:

Disability Service Staff: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EpilepsyStaffSurvey and

Individuals and Families: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EpilepsyFamilySurvey

The Staff Survey is expected to take approx. 15 minutes, and the Individual and Family Survey is expected to take approx. 20 minutes.

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