National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Submission 879 - Supplementary Submission
The Silence Tells Me Everything: An Open Letter on NDIS Changes, Ableism, and Why I Now Demand Voluntary Euthanasia
By a disabled Australian who has listened carefully and heard no outrage.
I have watched the proposed changes to the NDIS. I have read the commentary. I have waited for a wave of public fury on behalf of disabled lives — and I have heard nothing.
Not from the Labor government. Not from the media. Not from the neighbour who smiles and says “we value everyone.”
So let me say what silence has taught me: Australians hate their disabled people.
You want us gone. But you are too polite to say it. So you cut funding. You tighten eligibility. You reintroduce, piece by piece, the old world of institutions and sheltered workshops — places we all know are rife with abuse. And you dare to call it “reform.”
I am not naive. I see where this ends. For many of us, it ends in neglect, poverty, and slow death by abandonment.
So here is my demand, and I do not care if it makes you uncomfortable:
Bring in voluntary euthanasia. Now.
Give every disabled person the right to choose not to be a burden on this society of ours. Not because we are worthless — but because you have made it clear that our worth is conditional, and the conditions are failing.
A humane system would provide proper support. Failing that, a humane system would at least offer a dignified exit. One final choice. One final shred of control. That is not tragedy. That is mercy in a society that has already decided to let us wither.
I know not every disabled person agrees with me. Some will call me dangerous. Some will say euthanasia is surrender to ableism. I hear that. But those people still believe this country can change. I no longer do.
The silence has been my answer. Now I am giving you mine.
Let me choose to go, before you choose to destroy me.