National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1929
Submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill
To whom it should concern, please read my below submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill:
1. Introduction/my connection to this issue
I am a 20-year-old Disabled university student, disability advocate, and NDIS participant.
Disability-wise, I am Autistic and have Generalised Anxiety Disorder, depression, Sensory Processing Disorder, Anosmia (the inability to smell), and chronic pain and a brain injury associated with a VP Shunt. All of these disabilities are permanent. I am making this submission because I am deeply concerned about and opposed to this bill for personal and community reasons.
2. My overall position on this bill
I am against this bill because of the harm it will potentially do to me personally, but more important to my community that I care deeply about. I want the Government to withdraw this bill.
3. My key concerns
My key concerns with this bill are loss of supports, cuts to community participation, and changes involving children and early intervention. Worsened quality of life is horrendous enough, but the reality is that NDIS cuts (loss of supports) kill people. This Government bill will kill people. We have already seen this with Noah Johnston. Cuts to community participation can isolate Disabled people and severely impact their quality of life. Changes involving children and early intervention, particularly Thriving Kids, will do similar. Schools and states do not have the resources that the Federal Governments does. Additionally, contrary to Mark Butler’s apparent belief, Autism and other developmental disability do not
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1929
just magically disappear when people turn 18. It is shocking that Mark is the Minister for the
NDIS despite his obvious ignorance of basic facts about disability.
- What needs to change or be protected
This bill must be withdrawn for the reasons listed in Section 3, among many others. Disabled people, as vulnerable Australians, must be supported, not made victims of social murder which will inevitably occur if the proposals in this bill go ahead.
- Final statement
The NDIS is far from perfect as is, but for many Disabled Australians it is a lifeline and a major boon. Ruining in the ways proposed, especially the billions of dollars in cuts, in this bill will kill people. That is the simple truth and not much else matters when those are the stakes. I implore this Government to not murder and genocide Disabled people, members of a community of which I am both a part and deeply care about and respect.
Thank you for your consideration. To reiterate, I ask that you withdraw this bill.