Submission to the Senate NDIS Inquiry

My daughter is 44 years old, blind, and lives independently. Assistance through the NDIS helps her lead a full life, including as the busy, self-employed consultant and socially engaged individual that she is today. As a single parent she has raised her son, now 23, again with vital assistance from NDIS after its inception twelve years ago. In later years though NDLS officials have repeatedly questioned her about her obvious dand intractable condition and needs and have withdrawn some support This had beena constant irritant for her Now she deeply unsettled what government’s drastic defundingof NDSI recent budget mean for her. as her parent an as citizen concerned issues socia equity exclu I’m appalled scale manner recent deep cut made to ndis appears work accountants economists neither insight nor interest actual experience living disability enlargement lifethat external suppo can bring cruel vulnerability knowing essential support withdraw at whim of official know speaking my daugther others community fear deep widespread devastating else could it be when underpinnings one engagement wok communiti withdrawn any time? The currently proposed budget cuts reflect razor gang mentality pursuit soft target search savings should start administrative overhaul major input those livin disabilit their representative bodies exactly inputs these people need flourish human beings engage actively social processes themselves choose Savings doubtless making rid endless scrutinising disabled metastasised ndis administration Just humanitarian insight taylor services targeted oversight providers weed out not efficiently meeting clients’ needs Above all NDIS clients enjoy reliability supports they access – left constant state exclusion scheme. NDIS exists enlarge lives with disabilities by possible social amenity available them prevent their social exclusio The proposed cuts effectively subvert objectives.