Update on the NDIS Review

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The Australian Government is checking the NDIS to find out what:

  • works well
  • could be better.

They call it the NDIS Review.

Professor Bruce Bonyhady AM.

Professor Bruce Bonyhady AM shared an update on the NDIS Review.

He is the NDIS Review Co-Chair.

This means he helps run the NDIS Review.

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Bruce discussed the NDIS Review’s report on what they’ve heard from the community.

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He also asked the Reference Group how the NDIS could fix issues for:

  • children and young people
  • their families.

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Reference Group members shared that the NDIA should improve what the community knows about the goals of the NDIS.

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For example, how the NDIS creates better outcomes for people.

Outcomes are important results we want to achieve.

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Members explained that the government should think more about what young people with disability need.

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This includes young people with disability who need more support to find housing.

Members also explained that there should be more community supports and programs from:

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  • states and territories

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  • local governments.

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Members shared that the NDIS should find better ways to work with other government services.

For example, education services.

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People want the NDIA to offer NDIS supports in schools so that children with disability can still take part at school.

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Members also shared that the NDIS’s plan to support children should also support young people as they become adults.

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This can help the NDIS understand what young people need when they become adults.

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Children have better outcomes when they get supports early in their life.

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This might be why there are more children taking part in the NDIS than ever before.

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Members explained that the NDIA should not look at this as a bad thing.

And that some participants feel like it’s their fault that the NDIS costs more than what the government thought it would.

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Members shared that the NDIA doesn’t always make the same decisions about NDIS supports.