The NDIS should be driven by users, not from the top down

The NDIS is designed to cut through the barriers faced by many with disabilities when moving through daily life, but instead, it seems to have created an even bigger and more intractable one.

And if there are those who describe the system as dehumanising, or exhausting, or disheartening, or disempowering, the government should be listening and responding.

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Topics:
Ableism and disability models, NDIS

Author:
Editorial

Source:
Canberra Times

Date published:
Mon 31st May, 2021