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• Accessing the Disability Support Pension (DSP)

  The Disability Support Pension The Disability Support Pension (DSP) is a pension paid to people who have a permanent condition or disability that stops them from working for at least two years. Most people who get the DSP don’t need to look for work to get the payment. Unlike income support payments like the JobSeeker […]

• DSP

  The Disability Support Pension (DSP) is an income support payment from the Australian Government to people with disability. To get the DSP, you must have a permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition. The DSP is an important income support for many people, including people who work in open employment. In this section we explain: what […]

• Why work matters

  Having a job is important for everyone’s quality of life, including people with intellectual disability. When we have a job we: get to talk and work with workmates and colleagues have opportunities to learn and use our skills we earn a living. There is also status attached to being employed. A recent Australian study asked […]

• Beginning your transition planning

  Transitioning from school to adult life is a big change. For any young person, developing the skills for work and adult life takes planning and support. For many parents of school leavers with intellectual disability, leaving school can feel like a “cliff”, with little information available about the young person’s options. This can lead to […]

• The role of families

  What families can do Families play an important role in helping young people find and keep jobs. Supports to find work are often hard to access and restricted by time, resources and low expectations. People with intellectual disability have a much higher chance of success in open employment when their families support them to find […]

• What is open employment?

  Open employment is when people with and without disability work together in regular jobs. It’s the regular job market, where people apply for jobs or set up their own businesses to earn an income and pay for the things they need. Open employment is open to all people, including people with intellectual disability. This means […]

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