Here we go. #IndependentAssessments are dead in the water, but Minister Reynolds has just tipped the government’s hand on the next way they are going to attempt to cut the costs of the #NDIS. They are now going after people with #ChronicIllness.
They are going pretend now that the #NDIS was not designed for people with *health* problems. But here’s the thing. The NDIS was never intended to discriminate based on diagnosis. It was intended to support everyone with a severe and permanent impairment, regardless of the cause.
And here’s the thing, it’s actually impossible to separate ongoing *health* issues from disability in any scientific or factual way. They will have to lean entirely on social biases and prejudice to determine whether a diagnoses represents a *health* problem or a disability.
Reynolds has thrown dementia out there as a potential health issue that could soon be excluded from the #NDIS. She is testing the waters with this. Can she get public support to exclude a specific demographic from NDIS support?
If the answer is yes, the excluded demographics will expand. We need to cut this off early and let the @ausgov know that people with disability will continue to stand together to maintain the integrity of our #NDIS. #HandsOffOurNDIS
@SenatorJordon @EveryAustralian @bluntshovels @dana_advocacy @WWDA_AU @FrancesPWDA @Asher_Wolf @lukehgomes @SquigglyRick
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