Australians will now get more help to access the Disability Support Pension

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A new online resource has been established to help people navigate the sometimes complex process of accessing the Disability Support Pension.

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Natasha Thomson says for the two-and-a-half years it took her to get on the Disability Support Pension , it felt like every aspect of her life was being scrutinised."My whole life was scrutinised and picked apart, it felt like they were looking for any reason not to grant me support.”

The free resource - an initiative by independent community legal centre Social Security Rights Victoria and available nationally - includes collated resources and information as well as an online chatbot to help users navigate the sometimes complex application process. Bryn Overend, principal lawyer at Social Security Rights Victoria, said the organisation fields calls daily from people needing help to understand the system.

He said while the new tool is not a “silver bullet” for everyone, it has been designed to be as accessible as possible and will help many people gain the information they need to make a successful application. "Walking in there [to Centrelink] is embarrassing and humiliating and traumatic in itself. For the ease of the process it is going to help a lot of people mentally,” she said.

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Talk to a fakeugee, they know more than any lawyer

hope we have disability policing officer like parking ticket office to investigate and cancel many fakers who claim easy money faking..

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. With disability pension, older people may face the dilemma of having to stay unwell to survive, while UBI supports health and can save healthcare costs. .

and the government will do absolutely everything it possibly can to reject any and all claims. i don't know a single person who has gotten on the DSP since 2015, myself included, and i'v got a broken spine.

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