Why are NDIS clients having to fight for vital support?

When the National Disability Insurance Scheme was created, then prime minister Julia Gillard said it would provide security and dignity to millions of Australians. More than half a million Australians now rely on the scheme but an increasing number of people, more than 4,000, are locked in disputes with the agency over the amount of funding they receive.

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Topics:
Case study, NDIS

Author:
Michael Atkin

Source:
ABC 7:30

Date published:
Thu 1st Jan, 1970