ARC Discovery Project Launch

The Hopkins Centre is collaborating with Law Futures Centre, Griffith university, in important research adjudicating rights for a sustainable national disability insurance scheme NDIS. The Australian Government currently faces a significant dilemma about how to allocate limited resources in a way that ensures the rights and entitlements of all Australians. Tensions between the financial sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the provision of reasonable and necessary supports for individuals with disability need to be resolved. NDIS officials and personnel urgently require clarity and consistency to improve their decision-making. Citizens with a disability, particularly those without advocacy support, require assurances that their rights are safeguarded within the NDIS. The Hopkins Centre is leading translation research nationally in the field of rehabilitation and severe disability renowned for our research methods that bring service users, clinicians and researchers together to develop practical solutions that promote measurable improvements for recovery and resilience.