[1/3] Been a bit quiet on here lately — but a lot’s been happening behind the scenes. Today I’m speaking at the Parliamentary Thriving Kids hearing on behalf of @everyaustcounts.bsky.social , alongside Nick Avery (1:45–2:30). 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

On #Oct27 I’ll be speaking at #ParliamentHouse, #Canberra for #StopTheCuts #MakeTheNDIS #Safe #Fair & #Forever. #Disabled people, families & allies are saying: #EnoughIsEnough. We deserve an #NDIS for all of us — not one that cherry-picks who gets rights. #NDIS #StopTheCuts #DisabilityRights

I’ve not published a #LinkedIn article before, but #misogyny in how #autism is talked about — here & globally — needs air time. 👉 From Trump to Thriving Kids: Misogyny, Autism & the Politics of Blame www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-t... #DisabilityRights #GenderEquality #NDIS #HumanRights

I’m quoted in this #ABC piece on #Trump’s #autism whack claims. “We’re framed as a problem to be fixed, instead of people who need support to be included.” Grateful ABC gave #ActuallyAutistic people a voice. 🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

#Trump says he’s “found the answer to #autism” — blaming women for taking #Tylenol in #pregnancy. 🙄 Same old #misogynist BS!! Autism doesn’t need a cure — #autistic kids & mums need real supports and #HumanRights. What a waste of airtime.

Grateful to contribute to the Spring 2025 #CanberraDisabilityReview with @sarahlangston.bsky.social from #ANPA. We unpack the $2B stripped from the NDIS & the risks of block programs. Rights, not retreat. 🔗 advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Starts pg 18. #NDIS #DisabilityRights

1/5 I was interviewed by @9news.bsky.social about the @ausgov.bsky.social plan to push kids with so-called “mild” or “moderate” #Autism off the #NDIS into the new #ThrivingKids program.

Autistic children are not driving #NDIS costs. What is driving costs is the explosion of administrative churn, endless reassessments, & ballooning legal expenses [3] as the NDIA fights & polices participants through tribunals & courts. Billions are wasted every year. #Auspol #Autism

The sustainability maths behind this foundational support fantasy just isn't adding up. #NDIS #Auspol #Autistic #Disability

1/ The govt’s Thriving Kids plan risks dismantling what makes the NDIS work. RAEN and ANPA are leading a campaign against these harmful reforms ⬇️

[1/6] The federal Economic Reform Roundtable starts today. According to the @abc-news.bsky.social, the #NDIS is on the chopping block, with cost-cutting high on the agenda. See: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... yet, not a single #disability advocate has been invited. #Zero #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

1/2 Just filmed my promo for the 5th #WorldConferenceOfWomen’sShelters #5WCWS 💜 I’ll be doing a keynote on #GBV against #disabled women & #gender-diverse people & the urgent need for inclusive, rights-based responses. #5WCWS #DisabilityJustice

1/7 I've een quiet on here lately (and in general)... life’s been full. I've barely looked up Between running #Neurodiversity training, #advisory meetings, a quick Melbourne trip that was well overdue & a state election campaign (!), I’ve also been deep in #NDIS policy submissions 👇

Relatable!

New Section 10 rules are already shaping what the NDIS funds. Some participants are seeing changes to supports or funding decisions. We’re preparing a submission to government and want to hear your experience. Survey: forms.office.com/r/N8H4hxGdmR #ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts

Help power the campaign for a fairer NDIS. Every Australian Counts is community-led and community-funded. Donations over $2 are tax deductible. Donate now: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/donate/ #EveryAustralianCounts #ProtectOurNDIS

🖤💛❤️💚💙🤍 Happy NAIDOC Week 2025! This year marks 50 years of #NAIDOC, a time to honour the strength, culture & resistance of First Nations peoples. #NAIDOCWeek2025 #50YearsofNAIDOC

1/3 Deeply disturbed by today’s @Satpaper report: the #NDIA CEO personally intervened to remove a #disabled person from the #NDIS after they spoke on talkback radio. No due process. Just 7 days to respond. It took 10 months to get support back. 🔗 bit.ly/3XDzdJD

1/5 It’s Disability Pride Month. But this year, pride feels harder than it should. NDIS reform is being sold as a “reset” — but for many of us, it’s a slow narrowing of who is seen as deserving of support. #DisabilityPrideMonth #NDISReform

(1/7) A few people have asked for my thoughts on the #GrattanInstitute #NDIS report that dropped today. While I haven’t read every page, here are some initial concerns based on what I’ve seen. #NDIS #DisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

(1/2) And here it is. The NDIS has officially been moved into the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. www.pmc.gov.au/resources/aa... #NDIS #DisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Welcoming Jenny McAllister & Mark Butler MP to NDIS & disability roles. Broader oversight beyond the NDIS is vital—most disabled people aren’t on the Scheme. But PM’s comments on moving NDIS into health portfolio are deeply concerning. www.pm.gov.au/media/press-... #NDIS #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

(1/4) #WorldAutismDay 2025: Advancing #Neurodiversity & the #UN #SDGs Since 2007, World Autism Day has been a reminder that awareness isn’t enough. Real inclusion is dismantling systemic barriers & ensuring #Autistic people are actively shaping the policies that affect us.

(1/4) Today is #NationalCloseTheGapDay—a time to act on the inequities #FirstNations people face in every setting. It’s also #NeurodiversityCelebration Week, making it critical to highlight the experiences of #FirstNations neurodivergent and #disabled people. #CloseTheGap #NeurodiversityWeek

Newly out! A new Reasonable & Necessary podcast episode with #NDISCommission leaders Louise Glanville & Natalie Wade. They dive deep into the future of the #NDIS #Commission, the upcoming changes to NDIS regulation and more. 🎧 Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3qS...

(1/2) On day 2 of #ND week, I had the opportunity to deliver an adapted version of AFDO's #Disability training to #ToyLibrariesAustralia's Disability Team Through DSS ILC funding, TLA is helping toy libraries better support families with disabilities. #DisabilityAccess #ToyLibrariesAustralia

Can we please stop telling disabled people to “just leave” the US? Generally speaking it takes money, privilege & good health to immigrate to another country. It’s not an option for most disabled people. We need solutions to protect as many people who are trapped in the fascist regime as possible

(1/2) It's #Neurodiversity Celebration Week! 🎉 A time to recognise, uplift, and advocate for #neurodivergent people. But inclusion isn’t just about celebration—it’s about changing systems. What are you doing this week? #NeurodiversityWeek

This International Women’s Day I’m saying Merci Gisele. Her unwavering commitment to ensuring rape & abuse victims know that the shame is NOT theirs has inspired countless women to come forward & share their own stories. Abuse, neglect & medical misogyny are serious issues we must address #IWD2025

1/3 This IWD, I don’t really feel like celebrating. While some toast to “progress” at morning teas and breakfasts, women around the world are still fighting for basic rights. From taking away WFH, to denying women the most basic rights in #Palestine&#Ukraine, its not the time to grateful #IWD2025

Thinking of everyone in #QLD and northern #NSW as severe weather rolls in. Too often, #disabled people in particular, are left behind in emergencies—power loss cuts off vital equipment, and evacuations aren’t always accessible. Inclusion isn’t optional—it’s life-saving. #StaySafe all! #CycloneAlfred

Glad to see this ep of the #ReasonableAndNecessary podcast out! As a fellow #EAC Committee member, I know securing #NDIS #Minister Amanda Rishworth MP is thanks to Dr George Taleporos’ tireless advocacy. Thanks, George, for asking the tough questions! Watch here: youtu.be/JrNaYm9E8AY?...

Today is Disabled Day of Mourning, to honor disabled people killed by caregivers. Fellow journalists, when we write about these situations, we need to clearly call it murder, and not through a"poor caregiver" lens.

The Covid pandemic accelerated this. It supercharged the idea that there are entire groups of people who are not worthy of protection. Not worthy of life. Acceptable losses. If we don’t start acknowledging that and changing the narrative, the hate and division will only continue to grow.

(1/3) In other, very quiet news, the National Roadmap to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Autistic People 2025–2035 launched yesterday. See: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

#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

I wrote for #EAC about Autistic kids being cut from the #NDIS before #FS exist. “We don’t ‘grow out’ of being Autistic. Our needs don’t disappear because a bureaucratic process says they should.” everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/foundational-supports-a-new-lifeboat-or-a-disguise-to-capsize-us

Federal policy makers truly do not grasp the exhaustion #Neurodivergent mothers with their own Disability needs experience, just trying to survive/ #parent their Neurodivergent chn. We see zero knowledge of this reflected in the approach #DSS takes to #policy with our families. #Disability #AusPol

Re: non-NDIS Foundation supports due to start later this year: what supports? There’s no public signs of program development and no workforce recruitment at this point

Living with disabilities is a masterclass in how to handle gaslighting You get it from everyone. Doctors, family, friends, bosses, colleagues A neverending litany of people telling you “it can’t be THAT bad” or “you should just do this” We are the experts in our bodies. Respect us. Listen to us.

Just a PSA, can everyone please be more disciplined in the language used to describe #Trump? Ableist: stupid, retard, dumb, idiot, madman, nutjob Non-ableist: tyrant, despot, fuck-knuckle, dickhead, clown. Thank you. Apologies to our clown followers. 🤡 #AusPol #USPol #FuckTrump

Led by Every Australian Counts, 254 disability orgs are calling on Minister Rishworth to stop #NDIS rushed reforms. We need genuine co-design & a phased approach with testing before rollout. Sign: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/in-the-media... #NDIS #DisabilityRights #CoDesign

(1/3) At risk of promoting Sky News (FYI don't follow it), I want to comment on an interview the new NDIS Minister did on the w/e re. #FoundationalSupports. While we all know #FS are needed, the new minister appears to be continuing the harmful rhetoric re. using FS to prevent NDIS Access.

“Those attacking the NDIS for supposedly rampant levels of fraud or its impact on the private sector should be more honest about why they really oppose disability spending: because they don’t want to pay the higher taxes that a broad-based care scheme requires.” Absofuckinglutely!

I’ve got a piece up at Crikey today on the NDIS. There’s been a concerted campaign to attack the NDIS in recent months, and it’s been massively dishonest www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/24/b...

Wrote a blog on the new #NationalAutismStrategy through a #gendered lens. While critiques are valid, I see some promise for Autistic women & girls I thought worth raising. Have a read at: australianwomenshealth.org/2025/01/21/n... #NAS #ActuallyAutistic #NDIS

The Hon. AmandaRishworth is the new Minister for the NDIS, now overseeing both disability policy & NDIS. While this could create alignment, past ministerial changes suggest it may not lead to the reform disabled people need. Will be watching closely. Read more: teamdsc.com.au/resources/br...

Yesterday, I got home after the #NationalAutismStrategy launch, culminating years of advocacy & 2 years work on the NAS Council. But this is far from the end. I didn’t do 2 years work for the NAS to gather dust. I’ll be working to hold the #Gov accountable. Join me! #DisabilityRights

NDIS/NDIA seems to be morphing into a new #RoboDebt, with automated form letters & falsely recovering $$ from participants. Kicking people off the scheme while acknowledging there are no alternatives in place yet (or ever?) is pathetic & cruel. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/19960/...