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.
Read More Here (off-site)- Topics:
- NDIS
- Author:
- Anonymous
- Source:
- The Saturday Paper
- Date published:
- Mon 2nd Jul, 2018