Families in crisis after NDIS funding cuts to participants with autism and intellectual disabilities

When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it three times before it sank in.   Her son Jarrod, who has autism and severe intellectual disabilities, needs help to eat, get dressed and use the bathroom, but the NDIS funding that paid for his carers had been cut by more than half.

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Topics:
Case study, NDIS

Author:
Bridget Rollason

Source:
ABC News

Date published:
Fri 11th Feb, 2022