National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Submission 509
From: Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2026 6:43 PM To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN);
Subject: Please Reject the NDIS Amendment Bill in its Current Form
Please do not pass the NDIS Amendment Bill in its current form.
This Bill has so many flaws and risks leaving behind some of the most vulnerable people in our community — including children with profound disabilities and the families caring for them every single day.
It places impossible pressure, stress, and responsibility onto families, particularly mothers and primary carers, who are already at breaking point trying to hold everything together.
I am already the sole carer to two children with high-needs autism. My eldest son is non-speaking and requires significant daily support across all areas of life. My youngest child, although verbal, also struggles with severe anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and extreme behaviours that require constant support, supervision, and advocacy. I also help care for my elderly mother.
Despite this, I am still constantly fighting for funding because supports are never adequate to meet the reality of our family’s needs.
Families like mine are already exhausted, financially strained, emotionally overwhelmed, and buried in paperwork, reviews, reassessments, delays, and battles for basic support. This Bill will only make things harder.
The NDIS was meant to provide dignity, support, and opportunity for people with disability — not create more barriers, stress, and fear for the families trying to care for them.
Please listen to the disability community and reject this Bill in its current form.
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