National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2286
Submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill
Name:
I am a: Family member Clinician Advocate
- Introduction / my connection to this issue
I am the older sister to a disabled person who uses the NDIS and I am a mother to two neurodivergent children who have benefitted greatly through NDIS intervention in their early childhood,
I am GP and Rural Generalist who has worked in Regional Australia for a decade, who has had many patients benefit from the NDIS.
As a trans woman I acutely appreciate the intersection ableism has with transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, and racism. I am an advocate for all the vulnerable.
- My overall position on this Bill I do not support it.
I vehemently oppose the hollowing out of the welfare system that uplifts so many Australians for short term economic and political gains
- My key concerns
Loss of supports Children and early intervention Eligibility / assessment changes
- My lived / professional experience
My sibling is reliant on supports through the NDIS, a system that is already extremely unreliable and opaque to navigate without these they would be unable to live independently at all.
My children have gone having significant developmental delays (including the youngest being non-verbal) to attending school alongside their peers with minimal issues.
I have been a doctor for 15 years, outside of a brief period at the start of the COVID19 pandemic (where funding was expanded), there has never been a moment when I have felt
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2286
things have gotten easier for the profession or my patients. No concession or intervention has met the hour with the crises both plural and permanent affecting our country and world.
There are so many premature deaths that occur due to preventable problems in this country, a limited example in the continued failure to close the gap with our first peoples and every trans child who kills themselves while puberty blockers remain banned in states like QLD. This bill will the premature deaths of our disabled community, who are among our most vulnerable in society.
- What I believe this Bill gets wrong
I believe the bill increase the bureaucratic demand on some of the most vulnerable in our society and potentially subjects them to the loss of vital services due to inflexibility.
- What needs to change or be protected
More oversight needs to be directed at the providers of NDIS services to ensure the stability and quality of the services that they provide
- Final statement
I don’t support this bill. Please take my submission into consideration.