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

Submission 2260

I am a participant on the NDIS and there are people I care about who are participants on the NDIS. I strongly oppose the new NDIS bill because it will continue the stripping of human rights and the ability to live a decent normal dignified life from disabled people. This is a step towards returning to the times of people with disabilities being institutionalized or having such low quality of life that death becomes preferable. Having NDIS means I get to be more independent from my parents and it supports me to have a life that is worth living. It means I do not have to choose between having an autistic meltdown because I have done too much or having mouldy dishes in the kitchen. It means that I have the capacity to work part time, and maintain friendships. It means my basic needs for living can be fulfilled, and I do not have to choose which need to meet and which to go without because I do not have capacity to do it all myself- even though I desperately wish I did, and would not have to rely on a difficult and traumatizing government system. If I didn’t get this support then there would be no good options for me. My physical and mental health would be significantly at risk, and I would live in a perpetual state of distress and exhaustion.

I am also very worried about the proposed mandatory registration of support workers. I am autistic and LGBT, with multiple medical and mental health conditions, not having choice and control over who comes into my home, my safe place, would be devastating and further negatively impact my wellbeing. To the point that it is not unlikely that I would have to go without a service as continuing to engage one that is unsafe/uneducated would do more harm than if I had no help at all. And I need help. There is no such thing as ‘mild’ autism. The bill in its current form is harmful and punishes disabled people for the governments lack of planning and oversight when they made the NDIS. Lastly, the NDIS boosts the economy. There is no humane or true economical basis for these cuts. Why does the Australian Government have the funds for nuclear submarines but not for disabled people to live? Taxes are meant for the people. How we take care of our most vulnerable is a reflection of our society. Have a heart…please

Disabled people deserve a future. #NothingAboutUsWithUs