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The 10th Annual National Disability Summit will return this year to Melbourne on the 14 & 15 of August and will continue the discussion and review the progress and initiatives in supporting people with disability and their families to maximise independence and participation by creating greater choice.

FEATURING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:

Quality and Safeguarding in the NDIS
Graeme Head AO, Commissioner, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

The role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in overseeing the rollout of the NDIS – 2019 update
Michael Manthorpe, Commonwealth Ombudsman

National Disability Strategy and National Disability Insurance Scheme: working together for inclusion
Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner

Topics to be addressed include:

• Health/NDIS: The interface and beyond
• Client Voice Framework for the TAC
• Communication and the NDIS
• A practical guide to NDIS appeals from the perspective of carer advocates
• Working with people who present with complex behaviours within an NDIS framework
• Freedom for the forgotten few
• Housing, technology and support design within the NDIS: An audit of current opportunities and resources to guide responses
• Building a bolder life through local area co-ordination and the NDIS
• HNEMH Interface with NDIS providers – The change system
• Project Independence – An innovative home ownership model
• Ethical governance in health care
• NDIS and ethnic communities-The story so far