Concerns about NDIS cuts impacting mental health and social participation

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

Submission 3936

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 175

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

Bill 2026 - Submission

deeply concerned about this NDIS cuts that you want to do and I’m very worried and upset. It’s really bad for my mental health lots of anxiety panic attacks having trouble sleeping at most of the nights. I’m also worried about the cuts you want to make for me to go out into the community.

I also like to keep my job and do my volunteering work and participate in the community and I need support to do that. I know you need to keep the NDIS sustainable and stop those who rort the system but you shouldn’t punish the individual participants like myself. I’ve never done anything wrong why should I be punished for the other people’s wrong doing? The scheme is important to keep our support that we get through support workers and help me with the things I need, like go to work and help me with my meals and at home and also go to social outings or do my shopping or go to therapy or see my doctor. This is very important to my mental health and well-being because it helps my anxiety levels when I get very anxious and my mother can’t help me because now she’s getting old and she is a cancer survivor. Sometimes I feel very low and when my anxiety levels are very high my GP says if we don’t get your anxiety levels low you will have to take very heavy antidepressants and I don’t want to be on very heavy antidepressants at all because I feel sick in my tummy and I already get headaches even with the light antidepressants I get now. She says that she would love for me to have healthy alternatives and with the NDIS support I can do that. My counsellor wants me to keep going out and doing different new and different things like going out and going to work and study my audio-ability course. So please dear Ministers and Senators don’t take that away from me my NDIS supports. All I want is to live a normal happy healthy life and do things that other people get to do, that’s only fair that I have the

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

Submission 3936

Same rights like everyone else who doesn’t have a disability. I just want a fair go so please don’t pass this Bill that wants to cut funding that is important for my survival.

Thank you for listening to my worries and stresses.