National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 2400
Submission on the NDIS Amendment Bill
Name:
I am a: Disabled person Family member / supporter Educator
My main concern about this Bill is: The Bill demonstrates a serious lack of lived experience, empathy, and practical understanding from those in positions of power. Decisions are being made without genuine consultation with the people most affected. It fails to address the ongoing inequities and barriers faced by disabled individuals and their families, and risks further marginalising those who already struggle within the system.
This Bill may affect me and the people I support because: Our lives are already at breaking point. We continue to be denied vital supports that allow us to function as equal members of society. This Bill threatens to make access to services even more restrictive, pushing families like mine further into crisis and perpetuating cycles of harm and disadvantage.
One example from my experience: My family has effectively become a statistic. My young children are growing up in a world that does not accommodate their needs, and now they must navigate life split across two households because of the relentless strain caused by a system that was meant to support us. This Bill does nothing to prevent such tragedies and instead risks entrenching them.
What I want the committee to understand is: Families are being destroyed, not protected, by the current approach to the NDIS. We are consistently ignored, denied supports, and left to shoulder a crushing emotional, physical, and financial load. The expectation that we must educate the very system that is supposed to help us is unacceptable and unsustainable. This Bill fails to fix the core issues and will deepen the suffering of families like mine.
My position on this Bill: I strongly oppose this Bill. I have extremely serious concerns that it will worsen outcomes for disabled people and their families, reduce access to essential supports, and further erode trust in the system. Real reform must be co-designed with lived experience at its centre, not imposed from above without understanding the real human cost. I ask the committee to consider my lived experience when reviewing this Bill.