Check out the stories from Every Australian Counts supporters below. They show that when the NDIS works it really does change lives. They also show the NDIS is still not working for everyone.
We need politicians to fix the NDIS and tip the balance so it works for everyone who needs it.
Graeme’s tip the balance story
We have a daughter with a disability (aged 36) who received her NDIS Plan in March this year (due to the region we live in). She had received
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Jane’s tip the balance story
My story with NDIS is a good one. I feel very fortunate that many aspects of becoming a new participant in 2018 fell into place so neatly. I
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Darelle’s tip the balance story
My name is Keith but this is Darelle’s story. Darelle volunteers at various places which she couldn’t do without her ndis plan giving her support hours. We live
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Rebecca’s tip the balance story
We are told to ring the NDIS with any queries or questions. When you do and ask for help with an issue you have no one who can
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Leanne’s tip the balance story
My son has gained some wonderful experiences – community access that is suited to HIS interests instead of ‘the group’- and great new skills in independence as we
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Rebecca’s tip the balance story
For the last 3 years I have been fighting for NDIS funding for my sons prosthetic eye. It does not meet their reasonable and necessary criteria. NDIS Act
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Fiona’s tip the balance story
Too little understanding of what having an Intellectual disability means. Eligibility is that you have a permanent disability , yet time and time again packages are reduced because
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Sue’s tip the balance story
I would like to highlight the funding black hole my daughter has fallen into between the NDIS ‘finding & keeping a job’ line item and the Disability Employment
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Michelle’s tip the balance story
My Autistic son’s life had been completely transformed by the NDIS. When he started with his OT in home sessions, he had a severely limited diet of 5-10
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Jessie’s tip the balance story
Amputee, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (spectrum) What’s working… Great having mobility, electric chair, manual chair 5/10 Taxi funding although I spend more Carer support funding Assistive Technology funding Good
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Isadora’s tip the balance story
NDIS helps me to join in Dance classes for kids with Disability and to get to rehearsals and to take part in special surfing days too. And speech
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Ben’s tip the balance story
How many Ministers have we had in the past 2 years? TOO many How many Ministers have been in charge who a) want to help and b) have
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Benjamin’s tip the balance story
I have multiple disabilities- including an ‘undiagnosed’ degenerative condition. I have gradually lost the ability to walk and talk. I have continued to receive many necessary supports since
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Claire’s tip the balance story
My connection to NDIS is via my sister and her partner. Both of them have intellectual disabilities and live together in Coffs Harbour which is unfortunately not near
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Jenny’s tip the balance story
Ndis good bad and ugly good getting g funding to access community not good unable to resource competent caring qualified reliable consistent disability support workers. And the ugly
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Sarah’s tip the balance story
Many participants will not self-manage their NDIS funding as participants are not able to use their NDIS funding flexibly. The benefits of self-managing are not good enough for
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sarah’s tip the balance story
Flexibility is not just about participants being able to move funding from one bucket to another it is about giving people with disabilities?NDIS participants greater and broader options
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Sarah’s tip the balance story
Any reviews that participants apply for should be made in consultation with participants. the reviewer at the NDIA should not just be making a decision on their own
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Dave’s tip the balance story
We are NDIS recipients from a small town in Western NSW. Prior to NDIS, there were five major disability providers in town (including Uniting and Anglicare). For many
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Peter’s tip the balance story
I am nominee for my wife’s NDIS plan. It has a budgeted amount of $1. We do not understand why. This is a second plan, first had a
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Sarah’s tip the balance story
When participants pre-plan before their planning meeting all the information that is provided should be read before the planning meeting to make sure that the person who the
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Sarah’s tip the balance story
The reviewer would then advise the participant on who they need to see for example a speech therapist for an IPAD to be funded. The participant makes an
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Shirley’s tip the balance story
It has taken over 6 years and 2 x 3 day tribunal hearings both won. The latest plan is now as it should be after some heavy advocacy
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Paul’s tip the balance story
I have been telling NDIS that our son that attends day services 5 days a week is financially worse off under NDIS because they did not take into
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