Submission for NDIS Amendment Bill 2026
These thoughts on the proposed changes to the NDIS, are provided from a parent of a person with a permanent impairment, who is struggling to get access to NDIS even now. I also have a work history in HACC/NDIS and Aged Care dating back to the early ’2000’s, and am supporting a mother on Support at Home, with a mother-in-law recently admitted to permanent care.
- It is already challenging gaining access to NDIS support.The proposed\ncan increase these challenges and barriers to accessing supports needed \nto improve quality life disabled persons.These challenges,and inability gain access to support,will continue impact stressed families,sense worth disability individuals. Social community supports arguably foundational necessary society accept include people disabilities.They not optional but essential component program. Decreasing capacity building ensure remain reliant family financials through government pension payments anyway (including aged pensions carer payment disability support low income health cards) parents’ ability reduce their capacity save sufficient superannuation retirement paid work. The system will become predicated financially secure families do fund trial “all available treatments” as all available treatments public timely manner.Least financially secure require most support. While agree that should provide only those conditions roadblock approval process.Most recent application for daughter degenerating nerve problem declined basis we permanence her impairment.This will worse NDIA staff interpret or required particular way. Proposal other services created to support who are eligible sounds reversion previous HACC system.operating multiple programs surely more expensive than just one.Fix broken don’t create another likely repeat mistakes of the other.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1867
- I agree that improvements need to be made to the system; however rushing throughaBillsothegovernmentcan savet$37Binnotthebestwayforward.