NDIS funding cuts could leave disabled Australians unable to work
Disability advocates have warned proposed NDIS funding cuts could reduce access to work, medical appointments and community participation.
Disabled Australians could be left without the ability to regularly work or access medical appointments as a result of sweeping funding cuts, a senate committee has heard.
Revealed in May, social participation budgets in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be slashed by 50% to curb the $50-billion-a-year scheme’s growth.
The funding can be used for things like hobbies, grocery shopping, and getting to and being assisted with work.
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