National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1942
To whom it may concern My name is and I am a disabled NDIS participant. I am writing about my significant concerns regarding the proposed amendments bill concerning disability services under the NDIS scheme as outlined below: The entire amendment will significantly decrease wellbeing among Australians with disabilities, decrease their capacity within society resulting from reduced public healthcare support systems, could lead directly or indirectly towards death in extreme cases due to lack thereof.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1942
been recommended by professional supports, like occupational therapists, by people who do not have the training or expertise to be making these decisions.
Proposed Change:“Stronger focus on moving people to alternative funding systems”
Concerns Not only are these alternative funding systems widely not set up and/or already underfunded and under strain but the NDIS was intentionally made to nationalise the support of disabled Australians .Not only placing these responsibly for funding non-existent, derunderfundedequipsystems going result lackofsupportanddeathfordisabledpeople ,it also a step backwards Australiangovernment.
Proposed Changes: “Minister may impose support caps including cohorts s33(2EA)” Move toward more standardised planning assessment-driven budgets” Concerns Placing standardised spendingcaps specificsupportsstandardisingplanningassessmentdrivenbudgetsis contradictory other changes proposed within bill There proposalbilltighten criteria provide proof needs funds These caps standardisation will cause nationwide harm disabled because government decided all withspecificdisability sameneeds This is reflective reality And statediscontradictory aspects this bill.
Plan suspension revocationnon-contact (s40A / s30(IA)) Concerns Inherently punishing disabled exercising disabilities overworked careers beingoverworkeds Many disabled experiencing fluctuating capacity memory issues time perceptionissues directresult their
disabilities change disproportionately impact those designed protect should efforts make supporting person responding instead. thereare three things want share youall Firstly undeniable fact defundingNDISwillnot save money It push care disabled family friends publichealthsystem Denying people access early interventions worsened resulting resources needed support them force women spend time andmoney notonly support loved keep alive which brings next point thesechanges kill people Already seen directly indirect deaths related NDIS changes last nearly two years .These have been entirely avoidable yet prioritised false ‘ savings’ lives despicable.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 1942
Finally, I want to tell you a story about my close friend who I previously mentioned. When they were trying to access the NDIS, they were sent by the NDIA to a private psychiatrist to be assessed. During this assessment they were dismissed, spoken over, and no formal assessments were completed, yet they were given diagnoses that did not reflect their symptoms. These diagnoses were supported by the many psychiatrists, psychologists and doctors they had spoken to before or since. Last year, this psychiatrist, who the NDIA selected to make decisions abouts people’s access to the scheme, was arrested for sexually assaulting his clients. The NDIA had been, for years, sending vulnerable people to a sexual predator. This is not okay. This is why disabled people need the ability to choose their own providers, and why a registration for providers will not work. I haven’t touched on the registration of providers at all within this submission, but quite frankly I am tired. I am tired of fighting for my rights. I am tired of fighting for my friends’ rights. I am tired of fighting the government to give disabled people around Australia the funding they need to not only live (which already isn’t happening), but to live fulfilling and meaningful lives. I strongly oppose this entire bill and would like it scrapped.
Regards, (NDIS participant)