Pensioner’s struggle to get NDIS funding forces her to skip meals and medicine

A pensioner is going without food and medication for days at a time while struggling to navigate the bureaucratic red tape surrounding the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Gastroparesis sufferer Maria O’Hara, 61, has spent more than 16 months going back and forth with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) but has yet to be approved for disability funding.