Young man with severe disabilities faces loss of supports and social opportunities (Family or carer experience)

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

Submission 2731

To whom it may concern

PLEASE DO NOT PASS THE NDIS AMENDMENT BILL IN IT’S CURRENT FORM! 𝙄𝙄𝙄𝙄 𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧 𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧, 𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧 π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜ 𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖 π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜π™˜, 𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖𝙖 𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬 𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝 π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯π™₯ 𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬𝙬 𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙𝙙. Hi

My name is Michelle and I am the parent of a young man with severe disabilities.

The impact that these potential changes will have on my son and his future is immeasurable. To reduce choice and control over the supports that he has to live an ordinary life will be devastating. He potentially will lose access to his supported employment, his therapists that have been building his capacity for the last 7 years and any chance he has of participating in any form of social life. These blanket changes that only affect the participants are unfair and unjust.

The NDIS does need an overhaul but doing this without consultation with the users of the scheme will never solve the problems that are being saturated in the media.

My son has the right to be a part of society. By making these changes, he loses those rights. He needs support in every aspect of his life and the proposed changes will render him back into β€œday programs” that just babysit.

DON’T send us back to the dark ages of day programs and group homes. The DRC outlined all of the problems within the sector and yet the Government has chosen to ignore the recommendations that came from that. My son WILL NOT ever be put in a situation where he would be open to abuse. He needs protection and these changes will not give him that!

Kind regards

Michelle