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Breaking Down the National Disability Insurance Scheme: NDIS Scheme Overview
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a significant shift in how support is provided to individuals with disabilities across Australia. It is designed to empower participants by offering tailored funding to meet their unique needs, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Understanding the NDIS is crucial for navigating the system effectively and ensuring that the support received aligns with personal goals and aspirations. NDIS Scheme Overview The NDIS

Jonathan Shar
Jul 134 min read
Understanding the NDIS Bill 2026: A Shift Towards Functional Capacity Assessment
The NDIS Bill 2026 represents a significant shift in how assessments are conducted for individuals with disabilities. This bill supports a move away from traditional diagnosis lists. Instead, it advocates for a more standardised assessment of functional capacity. In principle, assessing what a person can and cannot do may appear fairer than relying solely on diagnosis. However, the effectiveness of this approach hinges on the assessment tools, evidence rules, and review safeg

Jonathan Shar
Jul 102 min read
Inside the NDIS Bill 2026: five schedules that could reshape the Scheme
The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 is not a single-policy adjustment. It is a five-schedule reform package touching access, planning, provider regulation, pricing, automated administration and transition arrangements. What the five schedules cover Schedule 1 changes access and planning, including functional-capacity assessment, support eligibility, reassessment and suspension rules. Schedule 2 expands fraud,

Jonathan Shar
Jul 101 min read
Email Your MP and Senators: Don't Shut Us Out of Society
Use this Australian Disability Ltd campaign tool to write to your MP and Senators about harmful NDIS changes. Don’t shut disabled people out of society. Ditch the Bill.

Jonathan Shar
Jul 32 min read


The National Disability Insurance Scheme Explained: NDIS Scheme Details
A plain-language NDIS guide for understanding access, planning, provider choice, reviews, and how to turn social-media questions into practical next steps.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 304 min read


The National Disability Insurance Scheme Explained: NDIS Scheme Details
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a significant shift in how support is provided to individuals with disabilities across Australia. It is designed to empower people with disabilities by offering tailored funding and services that meet their unique needs. This article will provide a comprehensive overview of the NDIS scheme details, helping you understand how it works, who it supports, and the broader impact it has on society. Understanding the NDIS Sc

Jonathan Shar
Jun 304 min read
Support Should Not Depend on Medical Compliance
Healthcare should support choice and wellbeing. It should not become a gatekeeping test for disability support.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 272 min read
Fight fraud, not participants
Fraud must be stopped, but disabled people are not the problem.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 261 min read
Cut support, create crisis
If you cut disability support, you do not cut disability. You create pressure somewhere else.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 251 min read
Families are not the fallback plan
When formal support is cut, the need often lands on families and unpaid carers.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 241 min read
Same rules can still create unequal harm
A rule can look neutral on paper and still hurt people unequally in real life.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 241 min read
The NDIS is not a drain. It is a lifeline.
The NDIS should not be treated as a budget problem to be solved by narrowing disabled people’s lives.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 231 min read


Disabled young people unfairly locked out by Australia's social media ban, CYDA warns UN delegates
On the six-month anniversary of Australia’s social media age restrictions, new pulse data reveals some disabled young people over 16 are being erroneously blocked from accessing their accounts. The peak national body for children and young people with disability in Australia is in New York this week to share its findings with international counterparts at the 19th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP19) Children and

Jonathan Shar
Jun 102 min read


NDIS Bill 2026 must be scrutinised for discrimination and community harm
The 2026 NDIS bill must be tested against equality, human rights, family impact, health-system pressure, workforce damage and the right of disabled people to live in community.

Jonathan Shar
Jun 104 min read


Deciphering the National Disability Insurance Scheme: NDIS Framework Explained
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a significant shift in how support is provided to individuals with disabilities across Australia. It is designed to empower participants by offering tailored funding and services that address their unique needs and aspirations. Understanding the NDIS framework is essential for navigating the system effectively and ensuring that the support received aligns with personal goals and circumstances. Understanding the NDIS F

Jonathan Shar
Jun 95 min read
NDIS quarterly report shows reassessment bottlenecks as scheme growth continues
New NDIA data shows the scheme reached 774,456 participants by the end of March 2026, while timeframes for plan changes and reassessments lagged well behind first-plan performance.

Jonathan Shar
May 213 min read
Disability advocates demand timetable overhaul after regional court access failures leave wheelchair users stranded
Advocacy organisations say inaccessible court transport and poor scheduling in regional New South Wales exposed systemic barriers to justice for wheelchair users.

Jonathan Shar
May 134 min read


Thriving Kids: Australia’s Next Big Disability Reform for Children
Australia’s next big disability reform for children is taking shape under the banner Thriving Kids, the first phase of the broader Foundational Supports agenda. Governments have committed $4 billion over five years to build a national system of supports for children aged 8 and under with developmental delay and/or autism and low to moderate support needs.

Australian Disability
Feb 45 min read
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