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I love the NDIS but fear it is now an ideological plaything for politicians | Lisa Bryant

Lisa Bryant • May 21, 2021

My daughter is lucky to have the disability insurance scheme. But what happens if cost cutting leaves her without the care she needs?

So I’ve bitten the bullet. I made the decision to submit a quaintly named but ever so important “review of a reviewable decision” for my daughter’s NDIS plan. These are the reviews you request when the plan an NDIS participant has been granted is not good enough –basically, when the plan made doesn’t have enough funding to let her live the life she should, and could, have.

I always thought my adult daughter was kind of a poster girl for the NDIS. Exactly the sort of person I thought would be covered when Australia decided to start an insurance scheme for disability. She was 23 when she became disabled – one minute fine, studying a master’s degree, the next life-threateningly ill in hospital with a disease that was to leave her with an acquired brain injury.

Support workers are kind of like angels on Earth. For inadequate wages they help people like my daughter live

A WIN for the NDIS and its Participants

By Sidra Rasheed • August 6, 2021
Participants of the NDIS scheme, were horrified over the introduction of the “Independent assessments” and rightly so, how could a random person assess the level of functionality of a person that is non verbal? How would they even begin to assess a participant who is non verbal? A medically complex participant is usually looked after by a team of Doctors, specialists, allied health professionals and therapists who have known them and their medical history for a good while. These professionals are well in tuned with the patients needs and wants and often collaborate with their care takers to achieve the best possible result. Disability advocates along with some politicians and the participants themselves have made a lot of noise in regards to this painful new model. Participants and disability advocates know that its just an excuse to cut costs, as the scheme costs are set to rise by 2030.

NDIS bill to make information easier to share could harm privacy of participants, advocates say

By Australian Associated Press • August 2, 2021
Proposed changes follow the death of Ann Marie Smith last year from septic shock, multiple organ failure, severe pressure sores and malnourishmentGet our free news app and our morning email briefingAdvocates fear proposed privacy changes to the national disability insurance scheme could be used against the people it’s designed to help.Disability organisations have also criticised a lack of consultation about the changes, including how information will be shared. Related: The death of Ann Marie Smith: a shocking case of neglect, or a failure of the system? Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading...

Disability sector celebrates after Coalition forced to scrap NDIS independent assessments

By Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 9, 2021
Advocates say it is a ‘beautiful thing’ the government was forced to back down after the states and territories rejected the proposalThe Morrison government has been forced to abandon its controversial plan to introduce independent assessments to the national disability insurance scheme after it was rejected by state and territory ministers.The federal NDIS minister, Linda Reynolds, met with her counterparts on Friday to seek “in principle” agreement for sweeping changes to the scheme as revealed by Guardian Australia last weekend. Related: NDIS overhaul: a solution to a $60bn cost blowout or an attack on the scheme’s soul? Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Related: NDIS independent assessments should not proceed in current form, Coalition’s own advisory council says Continue reading...
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