As a person with a severe physical disability, my life, like that of so many others in Australia, has been transformed by the NDIS.
- Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
The lists of what should and shouldn’t be covered by the NDIS are currently open for public consultation. But lists can stymie independence.
The federal government has only fully accepted 13 recommendations of 172 for which it has primary or shared responsibility with the states.
The NDIS has started to reduce the admissions of young people with disabilities to aged care facilities, but more than 6,000 are still waiting for more suitable accommodation.
The NDIS is allowing for Specialist Disability Accommodation for 28,000 people, with 17,500 already in such housing. The potential demand for this life-changing supported housing is even greater.
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
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