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An ICON and its Services - Disappeared
May 4, 2023
After 40 plus years of providing impartial advice to people with disabilities, seniors, carers, allied health professionals and many others;
Assistive Technology Australia is permanently closed due to lack of government funding.
Our website is still available for self-hlep in finding AT products and supplier info.
It is with great privilege and pleasure that we were able to serve and assist the Community.
Thanks to all of you who had supported us, used our services, trusted our delivery.
What happens when governments can’t agree on NDIS funding?
April 23, 2023
Service Disappears...
The Sydney Morning Herald published a new items on 23 April 2023,
the journalist reported the Closing of Assistive Technology Australia,
due to funding disagreement from NSW and Federal governments.
Read the article in Full from SMH
An ICON and its Services - Disappearing
March 24, 2023
Confirming the rumours...
It is with great sadness that after 40 plus years of providing impartial advice to people with disabilities, seniors, carers, allied health professionals and many more others;
AT Australia is to close its services on 14th April 2023.
We have fallen between a gap in government policy and understanding.
1) NSW government who used to fund us, withdrawn its funding because we are an information provider and information provision is a Federal responsibility.
2) Australian government will not fund us because they classify us in advocacy group. Even in late March, Minister Shorten insisted that we were an advocacy agency, not an information provider, hence a state responsibility.
Without the Government funding, we cannot continue our Services.
The outcome: Loss of impartial information and key resources for the community.
Public lose impartial advices from us! People with disabilities and their service providers will be without a key resource.
Additionally sad and unthinkable is the Grant round released last week, to develop and demonstrate home living environments for the purposes of impartial information on how people can live; when we are getting rid of our Smart Display in Blacktown; our home automated, full sized apartment built to the Liveable Housing Design Guidelines, we have it since 2012!
Are governments only interested in passing the buck regardless of the outcome?
Do they understand the empowerment that comes from being able to make a truly informed decision?
Can you Help us? Please Write to:
- (State) to the NSW Disability minister
- (Federal) to Minister Bill Shorten on minister.shorten@dss.gov.au
Robyn Chapman, CEO
AT Australia
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