The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) invites people with disability, families and carers to attend information sessions to learn more about the participant journey at the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This will take place on Tuesday 7 May 2024.
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Many Australians with disability feel on the edge of a precipice right now. Recommendations from the disability royal commission and the NDIS review were released late last year. Now a draft NDIS reform bill has been tabled. In this series, experts examine what new proposals could mean for people with disability.
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The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has released their new explainer, NDIS Insights 2023-24, highlighting the significant developments within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 2023. This resource is a great tool to help your team understand these changes and their impact on the scheme, as well as what we can expect in the year ahead.
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Many will know that the NDIS review made many recommendations. One particular issue for disabled people is whitegoods – that is, a washing machine and dryer, a Thermomix multicooker (that can chop, mix and cook) may be deemed ineligible for disabled persons. Holidays, groceries, payment of utility bills, online gambling, perfume, cosmetics, standard household appliances and whitegoods will not be funded, according to the NDIS Reform Bill’s explanatory notes.
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A participant’s NDIS plan sets our their goals, and the supports to help them pursue those goals. It is important that providers understand and discuss with participants how the supports provided will assist them to achieve their goals and align with the budgets available in the plan. Advice on plans and changing plans is given.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme taskforce is now at work to back participants who have been overcharged by ‘dodgy’ providers. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission will chair the taskforce, together with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and the National Disability Insurance Agency.
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Providers suspected of overcharging NDIS participants will face a new consumer watchdog taskforce. As much as a fifth of NDIS spending is being rorted by exploitative providers, the Criminal Intelligence Commission has warned.
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These translated guides are for families of children with disability to help them navigate the NDIS. Written by professional staff at the Association for Children with Disability (ACD) who are parents of children with disability themselves. Information cover topics such as accessing the NDIS, how to plan meetings, and how to use your child’s NDIS plan.
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Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, has announced a new Crack Down on Fraud program aimed at making the NDIS stronger and to better protect participant funding. The program includes ICT improvements that will help detect and prevent fraud and non-compliant activity, ensuring legitimate participants continue to have the supports and services they need.
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In the Parliament of Australia, the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS is conducting a survey on NDIS Participant experience in rural, regional and remote Australia. This is a chance for people in rural and remote places as well as regional cities to make their voice heard. The Survey is accepting submissions up to 23 February 2023. Confidentiality and Privacy is given to all who participate.
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