NDIS system wearing people with disabilities and their families down

The NDIS is ideologically grounded in the idea of "choice". Rather than funding being allocated to service providers who decide what services people receive, in theory funding is given directly to people to choose what support they want for themselves.

What actually happens is that, left without guidance or even consistently applied legislation, NDIS participants are left to negotiate an arcane system of rules, providers, delays, decisions, reviews and regulations for themselves.


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