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Centrelink 
Money
Parents with disability
School – disability 
Wills

Centrelink 

Disability Support Pension
This page provides information about the Disability Support Pension (DSP), a payment provided by Centrelink to people who have a condition that stops them from working or who are permanently blind. 

Money 

Financial arrangements – making changes. 
With some exceptions, the law protects each person’s right to make their own financial arrangements, without other people being involved. 

Fines fact sheet  
If a person with intellectual disability has fines they can’t pay, or they are accumulating fines for behaviour attributable to their disability (e.g. forgetting to take their monthly train pass), or there are grounds to appeal a fine (e.g. a good explanation), there are practical things that they can do. 

Parents with disability

School – disability  

Learning together: tools to help you get the support you need at school   
A toolkit for students with disability and their families in NSW. 

Wills 

Wills fact sheet 
Did you know that not everyone has to make a will? In fact, many people choose not to make a will. The decision is a personal and private one. Some people with intellectual disability can make a will.