NDIS Insights with Dr George

Dr George Taleporos speaks to anti-violence and disability advocate Anj Barker about her experience of catching COVID and being forced into hospital. This interview was recorded on 8 November 2021.

Dr George Taleporos speaks to The Chair of Disability and Health, University of Melbourne, Professor Anne Kavanagh, about vaccination for people with with complex needs and tips to stay safe from COVID-19. This interview was recorded on 28 October 2021.

Dr George Taleporos speaks to Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd about rapid antigen testing in the disability sector, vaccination, when there is a substitute decision maker, and much more.

Special Series - Living with COVID Dr George Taleporos speaks to the acting NDIS Commissioner, Samantha Taylor about mandatory vaccination and the role of disability service providers in supporting us to stay safe through the pandemic. This interview was recorded on 3 November 2021.

Dr George Taleporos speaks to the Deputy CEO of the NDIA, Lisa Studdert about the role of the NDIS in supporting people through the pandemic. This interview was recorded on 3 November 2021. Part of the Reasonable and Necessary podcast – Living with COVID series. For more episodes visit: https://www.summerfoundation.org.au/resources/reasonable-and-necessary-podcast-series/

Dr George Taleporos speaks to NDIS Shadow Minister Bill Shorten on what it took to create the NDIS and where it may be heading.

Reasonable & Necessary with Dr George - Interview with Senator Jordan Steele-John by Summer Foundation Ltd

Dr George Taleporos speaks to Minister Linda Reynolds on the future of the NDIS and the end of independent assessments.

Dr George Taleporos speaks to Martin Hoffman, NDIA CEO about Independent Assessments and Personalised Budgets

A conversation with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission: Issues and challenges facing the SDA sector – with Graeme Head and Samantha Taylor

Tenants speak: What it’s like living in SDA & what it takes to move into independent living – Belinda Aitken, Lived Experience Facilitator and SDA Reference Group Lead, Summer Foundation and Kim, an SDA tenant.

Providers speak: What it takes to deliver quality outcomes in the SDA market - with Queenie Tran, Chief Operating Officer, Summer Housing and Tom Worsnop, Tenant Outcomes Manager, Guardian Living

Understanding Individual Living Options - with UpSkill lead Linda Hughes and My Supports CEO Terry Mader

Support coordinators getting great outcomes for people who have complex needs - with Linda Hughes, Brigette Kirkpatrick and Marnie Baulch

Talking support coordination, what it takes to be a support coordinator and how to run a support coordination business – with Jess Stubbins from Ablelink

Talking ethnicity, culture and the NDIS – with Sophie Dutertre from the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health, and NDIS participant Julie Duong

Holding support providers to account - with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner Graeme Head

From the world epicentre of the virus - with New York resident, disability rights lawyer and Director of Policy at Concepts of Independence T.K. Small

NDIS funding flexibility, plan reviews and more - with Campaign Director at Every Australian Counts Kirsten Deane

Making sure you and your support workers know how to stay safe - with support coordinator and NDIS participant Kelly Cox

Avoiding Coronavirus and what the government needs to do – with Professor Anne Kavanagh, Professor of Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne

Staying safe during COVID-19: Juggling support workers, finding supplies and social distancing – with Jarrod Sandell-Hay, NDIS Participant and Freelance Photographer

Q & A with the NDIA – with Maryanne Diamond AO, General Manager, Community Linkages and Engagement at the National Disability Insurance Agency

Insights into Specialist Disability Accommodation – with Luke Bo'sher and Alecia Rathbone of the Summer Foundation

What it takes to achieve great outcomes with the NDIS with Les Cope