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• Choosing and working with a DES provider

  Choosing a DES provider Centrelink can give you information about the Disability Employment Services (DES) in your local area. When choosing a DES provider you may want to think about: Have any of the providers helped people you know? Do any of the providers have a good reputation with other people with intellectual disability? What […]

• Who can use DES?

  To use DES, you must meet the DES eligibility rules. Many of these rules are the same as the rules to get the Disability Support Pension (DSP). This includes things like, your disability must have a big impact on your ability to find and keep a job. Centrelink will usually ask you to do a […]

• What is DES?

  Disability Employment Services (DES) DES is the Australian Government’s main disability employment service. It can help you find work and keep a job in open employment. Open employment is where people with and without disabilities work together. Workers are paid more money in open employment. The Australian Government wants as many people as possible to […]

• DES

  Disability Employment Services (DES) helps people with intellectual disability find work and keep a job in open employment. The Australian Government runs DES. Working out if someone is eligible for DES can be complicated. In this section, we explain: what makes a person eligible for DES how DES and the Disability Support Pension (DSP) work […]

• DSP and employment support

  The Disability Support Pension (DSP) can support people with intellectual disability to work. Getting the DSP The DSP is a government payment for people with disability who can’t work or who need support to work. The Australian Government knows that most people with intellectual disability need support to work. This is why people with intellectual […]

• The impact of income on DSP

  What some people think Many people with intellectual disability who receive the Disability Support Pension (DSP) think they will lose money if they work and earn an income. Sometimes people are even told it’s good to be paid very low wages so that they don’t affect their DSP. You are always better off if you […]

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