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

Submission 2019

To the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee,

I am writing regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.

I work within the disability sector and hold concerns regarding the practical impact these proposed reforms may have on vulnerable NDIS participants. In particular, I am concerned about:

• reduced reassessment accessibility, narrowing review pathways and ART oversight,,increased barriers for participants with psychosocial disability,intellectualdisability,austism,tamua,and complex support needs,,,restrictions surrounding Support Coordination involvement,broad Ministerial powers to reduce categories of supports,reduced social and community participation funding,increasing reliance on informal supports and parental responsibility,andthe potentialforvulnerableparticipantstodisengagefromorlose accesstothScheme.,While I support efforts to improve the integrityand sustainabilityofthenNDIS,I believe reforms must continue toprioritise:participant safety,accessibilityprocedural fairnessindependent oversighthandy meaningful individualisedsupport.I respectfully ask the Committeeto carefully consider thereal\ world impacts thesechangesmayhaveonparticpants,families,carers,andfrontline disabilitypworkers.Kind regards,