The analysis shows the disability scheme could generate more than $5 billion in activity for Victoria’s economy each year, suggesting fears of a billion-dollar funding shortfall for the scheme may be overblown.

A new paper has been commissioned by peak body National Disability Services, with modelling by Charles Sturt University economist Dr Brendan Long, to find how many people with a disability and their informal carers, who are usually family members, may find paid work after receiving support from the NDIS.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald