‘Confusion and distrust’: The disability community on the NDIS overhaul
Today, Australian Autism Alliance co-chair Jenny Karavolos on the government’s NDIS overhaul, and why it’s causing so much apprehension across the community.
The government says the NDIS has drifted too far from its original purpose, has grown too fast and too loosely, and that it needs a major reset.
Health Minister Mark Butler says the changes, which will tighten eligibility, reassess participants and boot 160,000 people from the NDIS are about making the scheme sustainable and pulling it back to the people it was originally designed to support.
But for people with a disability, families and carers, the language has done little to calm anxiety – because this is just not a crackdown on fraud and dodgy providers. It’s a change to who gets support.
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How that support is judged, and what happens to people who no longer meet the new test is already setting off concerns. Today, Australian Autism Alliance co-chair Jenny Karavolos on the government’s NDIS overhaul, and why it’s causing so much apprehension across the community.
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