National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Submission 141

I support the need for reform, but this bill is not the reform that is required. The best I can do as someone with impaired cognition, is briefly summarise what life has become like under current NDIS rules:

Since acquiring adult-onset conditions around age twenty, a full, satisfyingly diverse pre-disability life was lost. The NDIS should bridge those gaps between who you are now versus where you want to be; however, cuts across both Core & Capacity Building funds mean that I’m barely surviving and at risk from serious harm or hospitalisation.

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Submission 141

support, and given that self-advocacy is directly impaired by my disabilities, my only viable option is to engage a trauma-informed legal representative at significant personal cost. This isnotanacceptableoutcomeforsomeonetheNDISissupposedtobesupporting,anditisasystemicproblem. IstronglyopposetheproposedchangestotheNDISact.Iftheyareadoptedindefinitelyalarge numberofpeoplewithdisabilitieswillloseaccesstothenDIS,butitwon’tbecausethereareservice available tous,itwillebecausewewerenotabletosurvivetheramificationsofteseeposedchange Please,donottodothis.