Submission No 326
INQUIRY INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME AND THE PROVISION OF DISABILITY SERVICES IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Name: Name suppressed Date Received: 10 July 2018
Partially Confidential
NDIS is a phenomenal success for our son and as a consequence the entire family. My son is on the spectrum & not diagnosed until early teens. He hardly left the house from age 13 to 17. We can now afford services that work for him as an individual not just trying to work it all out ourselves, not being able to afford it & being left with underfunded public services that did more damage than good making him feel more feel even more worthless and different. His confidence is growing, he has solid goals that he is slowly reaching for. For a kid that slipped through the cracks because he was not “extreme” enough in his condition to get attention the NDIS has been a godsend for him and his development. Please don’t take it away!!!