Bureaucratising disability

Back in the day, before the National Disability Insurance Scheme arrived in our area, my son was supported by the community mental health system – a network of services focused on keeping people out of the acute hospital system. There was always someone I could contact when I saw him withdrawing into himself and becoming unwell again. A sort of safety net.

Sadly, under the NDIS, that has all changed.

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Topics:
NDIS

Author:
Anonymous

Source:
The Saturday Paper

Date published:
Mon 2nd Jul, 2018