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A WIN for the NDIS and its Participants

info@dignifiedcaring.com.au (Sidra Rasheed) — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 01:47:07 GMT

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.

Mrs Davidson of Canberra times has said “"Fundamentally, people with disabilities do not want strangers coming into their homes, checking things off a list and putting them into a box - that isn't the NDIS that they want,"

Opposition spokesman Bill Shorten called on Senator Reynolds to tear up the contracts awarded to deliver assessments.

“Independent assessments have now been rejected by experts, the government’s own advisory council, Labor, the states and territories, the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, support workers, and, most importantly, NDIS participants and their families,” he said.

“This has been a botched plan from the get-go.”

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

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:43:00 GMT

Proposed changes follow the death of Ann Marie Smith last year from septic shock, multiple organ failure, severe pressure sores and malnourishment

Advocates 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.

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