Summary report of feedback from People with Disability Australia (PWDA) members regarding National Disability Insurance Scheme (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No.1) Bill 2024.
31 July 2024
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has a national membership of people with disability. Many of our members were pivotal in establishing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
This summary report focuses on the feedback and concerns of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) members and people in the disability community more broadly regarding the proposed changes contained in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No.1) Bill 2024. The summary report was provided as a supplementary submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s second Inquiry into the Bill.
This summary report contains the feedback we have heard from people with disability, a significant portion of whom are NDIS participants as of Friday 26 July 2024. Feedback has been collected through a series of consultations including member forums and a survey.
The survey was released on 11 July 2024 and closed on 28 July 2024. As of 26 July 2024, a total of 724 people had responded to the survey with 351 of those being a NDIS participant (48%). Two member forums were held on 18 July, with a total of 29 people attending those forums.
90% of people consulted believe the proposed changes do not align with the original vision of the NDIS. PWDA members expressed the need for the NDIS to be more accessible and inclusive, ensuring that all people with disability can easily navigate and benefit from the life-changing scheme.
You can also read our full submission provided to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s second Inquiry into the NDIS Amendment (Getting the
NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024.
I really want to see the NDIS thrive, but I want it to be empowering and codesigned. We deserve to choose our lives.
PWDA memberThat’s not going to actually even be possible to get a referral from a general practitioner, and get to the top of a specialist waiting list in 90 days, heaven forbid, if you happen to be sick, or unwell or in the middle of a disability related notes are able to function time and deal with the NDIS
PWDA memberI would like for this for the NDIS to consider us as whole people, not just our primary disability and our you know, other things that they don’t want to consider because where all of our disabilities and our diagnosis is happen in one body. So we have to be considered in a holistic way.
PWDA member