Stacked sheets of white paper on a red background. The top sheet contains bold text that reads: "All the NDIS tools you need, in one place. Explore the EAC resource hub." The Every Australian Counts logo appears above the text.
Need support navigating the NDIS?
We’ve collected tools, services and templates to help you speak up, find support and get the info you need.
Explore the hub: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/what-is-the-...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS #DisabilitySupport
03.11.2025 02:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💬 “I believe uncertainty is our biggest challenge… it seems NDIS is becoming very rigid in approach.”
One parent's message to government: don't let the NDIS lose what makes it work - real support, real flexibility, real outcomes.
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
01.11.2025 01:01 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A red background with the text at the top "Your Stories" in white. A white speech bubble outlined in black. Inside the bubble, reads: "The journey with my two daughters who are currently recipients of the NDIS has not always been easy for them. They have complex medical and mobility challenging issues."" At the bottom is the "Every Australian Counts" logo, which shows the campaign name inside a red speech bubble with two simple outline figures.
💬 “There is no process for 'Case Manager' funds… who do we hand over to when we are no longer able to do so?”
💬 “FLEXIBILITY is the key to success and it needs to be maintained.”
A message from an EAC community member calling for future planning and real flexibility.
30.10.2025 07:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red background with a white box. At the top is a purple banner with illustrated people of diverse appearances, and large text reading "Navigating my way" in white and pink. Below, bold black and red text says: "Free Resource." Smaller text underneath reads: "Navigating My Way offers tools for NDIS participants with psychosocial disability to build confidence, speak up and know your rights." At the bottom is the "Every Australian Counts" logo in a red speech bubble with two simple outline figures.
🧠 The Navigating My Way project helps NDIS participants with psychosocial disability build knowledge, confidence and self-advocacy skills.
It’s practical, empowering & free.
👉 Check them out: www.vmiac.org.au/navigating-m...
#NDIS #PsychosocialDisability #EveryAustralianCounts #SelfAdvocacy
28.10.2025 03:01 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A red background with a white speech bubble outlined in black. Inside the bubble, large bold text reads: "Every Australian Counts." Below, smaller text says: "We continue to fight for an NDIS that provides reasonable and necessary individualised funding so people with significant and permanent disability can be in control of our support and our lives." At the bottom is the "Every Australian Counts" logo, which shows the campaign name inside a red speech bubble with two simple outline figures.
✨ EAC will continue to fight for an NDIS that provides reasonable & necessary individualised funding so people with significant & permanent disability can be in control of our support & our lives.
👉 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/join-the-eve...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS
26.10.2025 05:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stacked sheets of white paper on a red background. The top sheet contains bold text that reads: "NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS. Every Australian Counts supports the National protest to save our NDIS. Below text in a hand drawn red circle reads: "Monday 27 October 1pm Parliament House Federation Mall". The Every Australian Counts logo appears above the text.
📢 NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS IS TOMORROW!
🚨 Monday 27 October at 1pm
📍 Where: Parliament House Federation Mall (road in front of the lawns)
🔗 Event details: facebook.com/events/s/sav...
#SaveOurNDIS #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights
25.10.2025 23:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: "It’s added significant distress to people already under pressure… These changes are making me and my kids feel like a burden.”
NDIS uncertainty is hurting families.
"These changes are making me and my kids feel like a burden.”
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
24.10.2025 05:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Clip board with a white sheet of paper on a red background. The sheet contains text that reads: "NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS. Every Australian Counts supports the National protest to save our NDIS. Below text in a hand drawn red circle reads: "Monday 27 October 1pm Parliament House Federation Mall". The Every Australian Counts logo appears in the bottom left hand corner.
THIS COMING MONDAY – NATIONAL PROTEST: STOP THE NDIS CUTS!
🚨 Monday 27 October at 1pm
📍 Where: Parliament House Federation Mall (road in front of the lawns)
🔗 Event details: facebook.com/events/s/sav...
#SaveOurNDIS #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights
24.10.2025 00:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Highly experienced professionals are being forced out… The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
“Highly experienced professionals are being forced out... The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
Therapists, providers, & workers worry they’ll have to shut their doors.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts #NDIS #ThrivingKids
22.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Thriving Kids could only work if designed by autistic people to meet autistic needs.”
86% say: Co-design is essential.
“Nothing about us without us.”
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS
21.10.2025 07:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Going back to large organisations and one-size-fits-all models removes choice and control. It’s not safe, not tailored, and not fair.”
Block funding = fewer choices, worse outcomes.
We won’t go backwards.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
19.10.2025 00:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: "Calling autism mild or moderate is highly inappropriate… These outdated terms are not used by clinicians and don’t reflect lived experience.”
“Mild”? “Moderate”?
The community says: Harmful. Inaccurate.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
17.10.2025 02:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “We have no clarity on alternative supports… Our community has not been involved in this decision.”
70% of people don’t understand the Thriving Kids plan.
“We’ve been left in the dark - again.”
📢 Read the report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
15.10.2025 06:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
A red pushpin holds a white note against a red textured background. The note features the Every Australian Counts logo and reads: "New Opinion Piece: Safeguarding Individualised Support for Psychosocial Disability: Why NDIS Reform Risks Leaving Us Behind. By members of the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective"
🧠 “The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity.”
New opinion warns NDIS reforms risk cutting support for people with psychosocial disability.
📖 everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
13.10.2025 00:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Moving to a block funding model removes choice and control… Parents need to match providers to their child’s needs - not be forced into one program.”
“Choice and control is fundamental.”
75% say Thriving Kids takes that away.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
11.10.2025 02:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Without the NDIS and the therapy and support that my child is receiving now, I am terrified for his future… Taking this away would mean he is left to fall through the cracks, and that thought breaks me.”
“Without support, he’ll fall through the cracks - and that breaks me.”
80% of families fear losing therapies under Thriving Kids.
📢 Read the full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
09.10.2025 06:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with a red and white background. A megaphone is pictured on the right-hand side. On the left, the Every Australian Counts logo appears as a speech bubble with text inside. Bold heading reads 'MEDIA RELEASE'. Subheading states 'Transparency and Co-Design are Essential for I-CAN Assessments'.
📢 From 2026, I-CAN will assess all over-16s in the NDIS.
🧾 Media release: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/media-re...
More from Dr George: www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-can-...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
07.10.2025 01:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A graphic from Every Australian Counts shows the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a 1-star review from a generic survey respondent icon. Text reads: “70% say it’s unclear, 80% fear reduced support, 75% fear losing choice & control. Only 18% support the plan.”
🚨 1,000+ people with disability, families and professionals have raised red flags about “Thriving Kids”.
🧩 70% say it’s unclear
🧩 80% fear reduced support
🧩 75% fear losing choice
🧩 Only 18% support the plan
Read more: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS
05.10.2025 03:30 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
A red pushpin holds a white note against a red textured background. The note features the Every Australian Counts logo and reads: "New Opinion Piece: Safeguarding Individualised Support for Psychosocial Disability: Why NDIS Reform Risks Leaving Us Behind. By members of the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective"
🧠 "The NDIS is the only system that recognises and funds our needs with dignity."
New opinion from the Australian Psychosocial Disability Collective calls out what’s at risk in the reforms.
📖 Read and share: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/safe...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
03.10.2025 01:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with red and white wave design. The Every Australian Counts logo appears in the top right. Large bold text reads: Read: I battled a broken NDIS to keep my daughter alive for four years – she died days after she went into hospital after the NDIS cut her care funding from The Daily Mail
Koa Gibson needed 24/7 care. The NDIA cut her supports to just 3 hrs/week.
Her mum begged for urgent help. They said no.
Koa died days later.
Short, inflexible funding periods must stop. This can’t happen again.
📰 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
28.09.2025 04:30 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with red and white wave design. The Every Australian Counts logo appears in the top right. Large bold text reads: Read: New NDIS needs assessments will use technology to simplify process but advocacy groups cautious about change from The Guardian
“People with disability are not numbers.”
Dr George Taleporos in The Guardian on why trust and transparency must guide the new NDIS assessment model.
📖https://bit.ly/3KHKB7m
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
26.09.2025 05:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with a red and white background. A megaphone is pictured on the right-hand side. On the left, the Every Australian Counts logo appears as a speech bubble with text inside. Bold heading reads 'MEDIA RELEASE'. Subheading states 'Transparency and Co-Design are Essential for I-CAN Assessments'.
More info: www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-can-...
25.09.2025 06:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with a red and white background. A megaphone is pictured on the right-hand side. On the left, the Every Australian Counts logo appears as a speech bubble with text inside. Bold heading reads 'MEDIA RELEASE'. Subheading states 'Transparency and Co-Design are Essential for I-CAN Assessments'.
🚨 From 2026, all over-16s will be assessed with the I-CAN tool. Govt says it means fairness + less paperwork.
But our community asks:
⚠️ Will it be cost-cutting?
⚠️ Who decides budgets?
⚠️ Will we see our full reports?
Media release: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/eac/media-re...
#ProtectOurNDIS
25.09.2025 06:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Stacked sheets of white paper on a red background. The top sheet contains bold text that reads: "All the NDIS tools you need, in one place. Explore the EAC resource hub." The Every Australian Counts logo appears above the text.
Need support navigating the NDIS?
We’ve collected tools, services and templates to help you speak up, find support and get the info you need.
Explore the hub: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/what-is-the-...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS #NDIS #DisabilitySupport
22.09.2025 02:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red-toned background with two main elements. At the top, bold black and red text reads: "Last Chance to take our survey & tell us what you think." Underneath on the left is the Every Australian Counts logo, and on the right is a checklist with a red tick in the top box.
Last chance to share your views on the proposed Thriving Kids program.
Many say the plans aren’t clear. We’re taking feedback to the Minister.
Add your voice: forms.office.com/r/25rPc5MpjX
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
20.09.2025 06:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A bright red background with a white speech bubble graphic outlined in red dashes. Inside the bubble, bold text reads: "Express your Interest for the NDIA’s New Framework Planning Pool." Below the text is the Every Australian Counts logo in red — a speech bubble with two silhouettes and the words "Every Australian Counts" inside.
📣 The NDIA is making changes that affect how the NDIA decides funding for NDIS plans - and they want your feedback.
📝 Fill out the expression of interest here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
19.09.2025 07:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A clipboard with a sheet of paper and a pen resting on the side. The text on the paper reads: "Sign the Petition: Allow NDIS participants to submit their medical reports." Below that, a red circle highlights the text: "Closing date for signatures is 24 September." The Every Australian Counts logo appears at the bottom
Changes to NDIS rules mean your evidence - like your own written account and reports from your OT or GP - will no longer be considered.
This petition calls on Parliament to fix that.
🖊️ Sign: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
📩 Confirm your signature by email.
#ProtectOurNDIS
18.09.2025 02:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Red and white graphic with text: “Only 7% say Thriving Kids is a good idea. Take our survey & add your voice.” Includes Every Australian Counts logo and a checklist with a red tick.
Only 7% of people who’ve taken our survey support Thriving Kids.
We’re taking your feedback to government 👉 forms.office.com/r/25rPc5MpjX
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
12.09.2025 08:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Red and white graphic with text: “117 people already want to share their personal NDIS story to help with advocacy. Take our survey & join them.” Includes Every Australian Counts logo and a checklist with a red tick.
117 people so far said they’ll share their story to help defend the NDIS.
Will you join them?
👉 forms.office.com/r/25rPc5MpjX
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
11.09.2025 05:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Red and white graphic with text: “Top 3 priorities from our community: 1. Stop cuts 2. Keep choice and control 3. Fair funding decisions. Take our survey & add your voice.” Includes Every Australian Counts logo and a checklist with a red tick.
Survey results say:
🔹 Keep choice and control
🔹 Stop the cuts
🔹 Make funding fair
Add your voice 👉 forms.office.com/r/25rPc5MpjX
#EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS
10.09.2025 00:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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