Abbreviations

AAT
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Aboriginal Congress
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
ACOSS
Australian Council of Social Service
ACTCOSS
Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service
ADE
Australian Disability Enterprises
AFDO
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AMA
Australian Medical Association
AMSANT
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
APS
Australian Psychological Society
ARO
Authorised Review Officer
Auslan
Australian Sign Language
CITW
Continuing Inability To Work
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CRA
Commonwealth Rent Assistance
CYDA
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
DCLS
Darwin Community Legal Service
DES
Disability Employment Services
DESE
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Disability Royal Commission
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
DMA
Disability Medical Assessment
DSP
Disability Support Pension
DSS
Department of Social Services
EJA
Economic Justice Australia
GP
General Practitioner
Impairment tables
Tables to assess the level of functional impairment caused by a person’s conditions, contained within the Social Security (Tables for the Assessment of Workrelated Impairment for Disability Support Pension) Determination 2011
IPA
Individual Placement and Support
JCA
Job Capacity Assessment
ME/CFS
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
MTAWE
Male Total Average Weekly Earnings
NACCHO
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
NDIA
National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PBLCI
Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index
POS
Program of Support
PWDA
People with Disability Australia
SME
Subject Matter Expert
Social Security Act
Social Security Act 1991
SSRV
Social Security Rights Victoria
Strategy
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–31
UN CRPD
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
WWDA
Women with Disabilities Australia

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