‘We’re people, not numbers’: Disability groups plea with MPs to halt new assessment model
An unprecedented alliance of disability representatives, providers and advocates are urging their elected representatives to press pause on plans which would undermine the integrity of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Under the planned changes: all future NDIS participants must undergo an assessment with an unknown assessor rather than their health professional; they will then be given a score, and an algorithm will then determine the level of support they receive based on this score; there will be no way for participants to appeal the decision.
Disability sector statement on the Australian Government’s planned reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
