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Art and music therapies can be ‘life changing’ for people with disability

  • Written by Grace Thompson, Associate Professor in Music Therapy; Senior Academic Fellow at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
Art and music therapies can be ‘life changing’ for people with disabilityHalfpoint/Getty

From November, music and art therapists will be able to charge the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) the same as counsellors, after an independent review found they can be effective and “even life changing” for some people with disability.

The National Disability Insurance Agency commissioned the review, led by...

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