National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2207
Senate Submission – NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations)
Bill 2026 Submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Introduction I am a mother of two young children and I am neurodivergent myself.
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 2207
does not meet those needs is not a solution – it is a false economy that places the shortfall back onto an already exhausted family.
Section 59B(4) authorises automated systems to make decisions involving evaluative judgement about a person’s plan. I find it deeply troubling that a child’s needs—complex, contextual, and human—could be determined by an algorithm. No automated system can understand what it means to parent a child with ARFID, ASD, ADHD, and anxiety, without any local family network to fall back on. These decisions must remain in human hands.
Schedule 5 concerns me because: transitional protections are missing from this bill itself; instead of being written into law as permanent safeguards under Schedule 5, these exist solely within temporary rules controlled by Ministers which expire after twelve months—a promise lacking legal foundation!
The Human Cost
If my daughter had reduced or removed supports: hers mental health would decline, your husband & you both at your limit: isolated w/o nearby fams carrying full weight between us; eliminating such support could push you rapidly towards burnout while also affecting our own mental well-being—and her younger brother too! My son (3 yrs old) suspected neurodivergent seeking Early Intervention funding advised Maternal Child Health Nurse early intervention crucial for developmental outcomes yet no Victoria-based family support networks available here—the NDIS is not just supplementary but essential support. This Bill if passed might make access harder precisely when most needed.
What I Am Asking the Committee To Do
I ask that committee reject current form of said legislation due drastic changes harming real families like mine already doing everything possible with little margin left before pursuing similar laws government should engage disability advocacy organizations everyday lived realities policy made without voices will serve none. The National Disability Insurance Scheme was built on principle people living disabilities deserve necessary support to live fully lives—this bill undermines it entirely urge clear statement in report.