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

Submission 2060

Hi there, Please accept this email as my submission regarding the proposed NDIS legislative changes. I am writing as a family member, carer and sole trading provider working within the NDIS space. I do agree that the NDIS needs change. I see every day how hard the system is to navigate for participants, families, carers and providers. However, I am very concerned about legislation being rushed through first, with the important details then left to future rules, policies and operational decisions. This places already vulnerable people at a significant disadvantage. My concern relates to the parts of the Bill that may reduce access to occupational therapy, capacity building supports, social and community participation, plan reassessments, eligibility, and future funding across groups of supports. In my experience, occupational therapy, capacity building and community participation supports are not optional extras. These supports help people remain safe, build skills, maintain independence, access the community, reduce isolation, and provide evidence needed for fair NDIS decisions. I am also concerned that many of the proposed changes appear now in current plans reviews and reassessment processes; these have seen reduced funding, reduced support availability, greater difficulty understanding participant’s needs; funding reductions don’t eliminate need but shift risk onto families/carers/informal supports/NDIS providers Families juggle work commitments/caring responsibilities/appointments/school routines/daily personal care needs/wellbeing - further cuts create real risks: burnout/fiscal pressure/reduced hours/stress within home, specifically concerning those receiving Supported Independent Living or Home & Living supports if comm part funds cut without H&L increase creates gap/support daily living/personal care/community access at risk. as provider this space is exhausting as someone who understands having loved one with an NDIS connection, difficult balance between work/life Many already stretched providing informal supports high level.

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

Submission 2060

There is now added fear that people, including people with ASD and other functional support needs, may be pushed off the Scheme or have supports reduced to a point where families have no choice but to reduce work hours further to provide care themselves.

There is already heightened anxiety across the NDIS space. Participants, families, carers, and providers are worried about what these changes will mean in real life. Rushed legis- lation without clear safeguards will only exacerbate this anxiety and place further pressureonpeoplewhoarealreadydoingtheirbesttoholdeverything together.

I ask Parliament to understandthatthesechangesarenotjustadministrative.Theyhave rea limpactsoneople’shomes,familylife,worksafety,mentalhealthandalibilitytoremain connectedtocommunity.

IaskParliamenttoslowthisprocessdowntoensureanychangesareproperlyco- designedwithpeoplenabledisabilityfamiliescarerallied healthprofessionalsandproviders whounderstandwhat happens ontheground.

IaskeachattheBillbechangedtoensuretherenoblanketorgroup-basedreductionstoo ccupationaltherapy,capacitybuildingsupportsorsocialandsocialcommunityparticipation supporstwithoutproperindividualassessment.

Ianalsoask thatparticipantscontinue t o hav eaccessto plan reassessmentswhen thereisa significantchangeincircumstances,functionalcapacity,informallsupports,risk,equipment needsordailysupporthneeds.

Isu pport reform whereit isneededbutIdonasuperturshelegislationleaves vulnerab le people families carers carryingtheriskofunclearfuturerulesandreduced supports.

Ian alsoencourage theCommitteetoconsiderOccupationaltheryAustralia’s recommendations andexpressmysupportfortheno OTsnondiscampaign . The NDIS mustbesustainable,but itmust alsoremaintfair,safe,person-centredbasedon individualneed. Warm regards,