in this case it’s particularly audacious given the pm has shut down critical hospital funding negotiations to pressure states into cooperation with NDIS cuts. the PM is lauding public emergency departments as the great Aus social policy while he is threatening their future, using them as a hostage

I won't be there tomorrow, because this #NDIS has me shut in, shut out & forced to fight for my right to be a fully participating citizen. That fight is continually worsening my disability, while the legal fees are billed to YOU. Kindness isn't weakness, Albo. #HarmCostsMore #StopTheCuts #Auspol

hmm, no, it is connected to the NDIA, because if a disabled person uses their NDIS funding incorrectly, because of this getting incorrect advice, that's on the disabled person (debt). there is no prohibition on using these tools, with consequences only for the disabled person

Shifting the NDIS to the Health portfolio signals a move to a medical model of disability

This is going to fuck over so many people, and the NDIS is so terrible at notifying the community about changes like this.

Tomorrow we are mourning the NDIS. Our NDIS. The NDIS that was about ending scarcity, giving disabled people normal lives and real supports to be who they are. Join us in Melbourne at the DSC conference to grieve what we have lost. You are not alone. You are not imagining it. Wear black.

📅1/5/2025 📢 Number of applications for replacement supports exception to section 10; proportion of those accepted/rejected/still pending. 🔓Document created by NDIA providing statistics as per request www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/pol...

If you are able to make, there's a protest tomorrow at MCEC - details below:

They're gutting the #NDIS. We’re gathering in black to grieve and demand no one is harmed or left behind. Tuesday 20 May, 9am–12pm Outside Melbourne Convention Centre, South Wharf #StopTheCuts #NDISConference #Auspol

"Uniting Ballarat snr manager of homelessness Adam Liversage said he was not seeing enough housing in the areas that needed it most" Ararat is abt 60km from me, so quite alarming. I'm stuck in a town & too scared to move closer to NDIS supports b/c of housing crisis www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Well said. It continues in NDIS and with asset management mistakes at Centrelink for pensioners. All government systems are struggling to cover up mistakes. So we know about DOGE. The failed #NACC means nothing has happened to prevent continuation of systemic abuse.

We are looking to collect case studies of NDIS participants being denied disability specific sexual supports including therapy, counselling and other kinds of assistance and any impacts of the denial. Head to the survey via surveymonkey.com/r/W7Q6K8J

Do you claim to speak for the voiceless? If a person is conscious, they are likely able to communicate for themselves in some way It’s great to know where you fit in and q your role in keeping people down rather than actually improving their lot in life phonakins.com/2025/04/11/l...

I'm one of the 97% of people with ME unable to access the NDIS. It's mid afternoon, I'm still in bed, haven't had anything to eat or drink yet today. I'm struggling to navigate a concept as simple as breakfast, I have no hope of navigating a bureaucratic systemic designed to demoralise like NDIS.

Mr Austin had an NDIS plan, but no provider would support him. This isn't a gap, it's a chasm that markets can't solve www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

The NDIS Song by Nell Tyler #NDIS www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvtR...

My comments in this article are strictly in my personal capacity, but as an NDIA reference group member, the irony of this quote is profound: “According to Shorten, more transparency and co-design were needed to fix the problems.” (in ‘A Better Australia’) @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social #Auspol #NDIS

great summary of some of the new NDIS rules (post legislation last year) from Sara Gingold at DSC teamdsc.com.au/resources/ne...

Wow what a great podcast. Really enjoyed hearing Nell Tyler speak about her lived experience of Disability and singing a couple of songs, especially the #NDIS song.

It is the nicest weather today. Solidarity to the many people being booted off the NDIS right now. Connect with an advocacy agency anfd ask them what the next steps are. You got this <3

How does AI impact #NDIS? #ABF are "predicting risks in visa program[s]" & #ATO detecting fraud with it, but @drwaus.bsky.social, @kelpieunicorns.bsky.social & others said a new AI Transparency regime has revealed little about inputs, use cases & risks. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

It truly annoys me that a #NDIS self manager cannot upload a spreadsheet of claims - what a waste of my time doing each individual one just because they want us to be managed by some penny pinching bureaucrat and so make it as tedious and time-consuming as they can.

Why are NDIS delegates not even reading access reports properly/at all when the ART caseload has already blown out? Isn't getting decisions right first-time cheaper than double-handling on the public dollar, or paying lawyers to keep fighting them? #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol

I was checking/working on my #budget and just worked out, in the last 12 months, I have spent 46.06%of my #DisabilitySupportPension on out of pocket expenses related to my #health / #disabilities. The average #Aussie spends 1.9% of their income 😭 @australianlabor.bsky.social @greens.org.au

Just caught Falkingham's comments at NDIS estimates from last week. She says 28 days for eligibility reassessments has been the process since the inception of the scheme. Their own documents say otherwise. 56 days before decision vs 28 days before decision, arbitrarily changed in October last year.

Now watch the government cut people's NDIS plans again, rather than do literally anything about the villains who carry out these businesses in the name of "disability services".

and she thinks every individual pwd whose reports the ndis is ignoring, and the specialists we're paying to write them, *does* have the time to jump through the ndis's hoops?

@NDIS why cut my nephew's funding, telling him he's required to look for work when he already has a job? And cannot physically catch public transport? Do better.

Everything is relateddddddd

My modern history teacher, the NDIS and me. More than two decades (!!) after our final class, the one where she taught us the art of critical thinking, I'm trying to help her against the bureaucratic machine following her husband's death. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/03...

💯 the point of this #NDIS spin. It's a tweaked soundbite Shorten already fed us. "80 pg reports not able to be implemented" = NDIA overruling professionals. "Staff can't read 280 pg reports" = but we spend that time & $ on lawyers. This will conceal unmet support needs. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol

💯 the point of this #NDIS spin. It's a tweaked soundbite Shorten already fed us. "80 pg reports not able to be implemented" = NDIA overruling professionals. "Staff can't read 280 pg reports" = but we spend that time & $ on lawyers. This will conceal unmet support needs. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol

We all knew this was true and it’s good to finally hear NDIS admit that. Now for the multiple class action lawsuits where disabled people have had funding cuts based on algorithms and gut feelings. #ndis #disability

Imagine if your cost of living problem was not being able to pee or 💩. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol #NDIS

"What actually happens when Autistic people lose access to support is increased rates of mental illness, burnout, unemployment, and homelessness." Great piece, @heidilapaglia.bsky.social – we can't be throwing people overboard when the Leaky #NDIS Lifeboat is still the only one. #Auspol #LeakyNDIS

‘After a lawyer helped resolve their coverage... they were surprised to hear from Medicaid demanding evidence, once again, of Harper’s lifelong disability.’ Human involvement hasn't protected from NDIS harms. AI assistance will just streamline it. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol @kevindeliban.bsky.social

Yes for sure. It annoys me. Our little street all have t-shirts with the Amy Remeikis quote NDIS It's not money we're talking about, it's people.

People don't understand that most disabled people in Australia DON'T get any money from the NDIS. Many, particularly those with invisible illness, or chronic illness that causes disability, cannot even access the DSP, if they are unemployed they are in poverty and trying to compete with able bodied.

Imagine if... 💭 Medibank made you go to bed before 8pm. 🛌 Even on weekends. Australians with disabilities just want a fair go in life without the government micromanaging us and making our worlds smaller than yours. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol

Yet, trying to find out what supposed "evidence" the NDIA "bases" denials of support requests and other NDIS decisions on is like The Neverending Hide and Seek Story. #LeakyNDIS 🛟 #Auspol

#NDIS How it's going. NDIA: Here's a plan that doesn't cover everything that you need. Me: Ok, I'll work creatively to find cost effective solutions to get the most out of my funds. NDIS changes 2024: You can't have anything that's outside the box! That's cheating. We'll fine you 👮. 1/2

Beautifully written, revealing look at NDIS music and art therapy via the story of my colleague Kye Halford's cousin. Christian sings to communicate after having a crowbar jammed into his brain by another man while trying to defend a woman holding a baby. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/02...

So, 37 million dollars 💸 fighting to stop disabled people receiving essential supports. And the #NDIS #NDIA lost 76% of cases that went to tribunal. Imagine what that 37 million dollars could have done. #Auspol #Equity

The NDIA spent thirty-seven MILLION fighting disabled people & their families in court to stop us getting supports in 2023-2024. In 2019-2021 they apparently lost 76% of cases at the then AAT. So much for that 'waste clock' and demonising the disabled. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/ndia...

Does BlueSky have a Remind Me bot yet? Because this one is worth a March 2025 reminder 👀 #NDIS #Auspol

Seems like it'll be the only #LeakyNDIS lifeboat in the ocean for a while... Cap'n Rishworth, we could have co-designed more boats by now if Labor listened to PWD over co-designing a deal with the Opposition. If you can't even co-design with the states, it's course-correction time. #Auspol #NDIS