National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2188
NDIS Amendment Bill Submission
Submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill
Name:
I am a: ☐ Disabled person ☐ Family member / supporter ☐ Clinician ☐ Other: ___________________
- My connection to this issue
(Your lived experience, work, or role)
Lived experience
- My overall view of this Bill
(Do you support / oppose / have concerns?)
My overall view of this bill is negative, it will cause great harm to our Disabled community.
- My main concerns
Loss/Reduction of Supports
This bill introduces the ability to modify funding groups for entire groups of people and not just on an individual basis. Every person with a disability has different levels of support, even if assessed as the same ‘level’ as another person. Personally I received an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis at the age of 24, which means I received absolutely no form of therapy as a child to help me learn how to navigate the world and live with my body as a disabled person. Because of this, I have higher needs than other level 2 autistic people, as I am only now entering therapies and learning things for the first time. My Autism also causes joint hypermobility and low muscle tone, which means I require additional support than autistic people without these needs. Allowing the NDIA to take control on managing budgets for entire groups of Disabled people at once will just be dangerous, it will be deadly.
Crisis situations / “not contactable” rules I have seen that in this coming bill there has been a proposal for support to be cut-off if the NDIA is not able to contact the participant in a timely manner. I have a condition that causes significant fatigue which often leaves me unable to talk or be on my phone when at its most
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2188
Severe. This could leave me uncontactable. I am also currently not funded for the disability by the NDIS, which means they would likely not take into consideration that I have a valid reason for not returning calls. The last thing Disabled people need when they are significantly struggling is to get their supports cut off.
Eligibility or assessment changes
As stated above in the Loss or Reduction of Supports Section, I have quite unique needs for someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder. If I was given a plan that was automatically generated I would be provided with incorrect support. As it stands I was given funding for Speech Therapy in my recent plan, despite there being no noted deficit in this area. My concern is that with bringing in automated systems there will be even more errors like this, where participants are given unusable funding as it has been inappropriately allocated.
Lack of Foundational Supports Available
The proposed changes to the NDIS also seem to include moving participants who are ‘less impacted’ onto Foundational supports that do not currently exist. From what I have heard these Foundational supports programs closed down because the NDIS was better able to help each individuals need, so returning to a program which allows participants little control over who their practitioner is and what supports they are provided with is of great concern to me. Especially since there is currently no support in place for these people to be transferred onto, leaving people without any support in the interim.
4. What I want the committee to understand
That if this Bill is introduced, some disabled people will die. Other disabled people will become completely isolated from their communities and have no quality of life, which can lead to death in its own way. It’s an extremely dangerous bill and the state of the budget should not be more important than the livelihood of Disabled people.
5. My position on this Bill
Strongly against, I ask that the committee strongly considers withdrawing this bill.