"NDIA staff are under pressure to employ a 'no initial contact call' process when assessing thousands of participants’ claims for a review of their NDIS plan."
"It has led to far more applications being knocked back by the NDIA, likely the reason behind the sharply rising number of cases before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, sources say."
This is not the #NDIS we fought for.
But we will not stop fighting until we make sure the NDIS is working as it should, for everyone who needs it.
I’m Kevin Stone. I’m the CEO of @VALID_Inc and the Chair of @inclusionoz. Late last year, VALID stopped working with the NDIA on anything to do with their Independent Assessments. #NDIS#HandsOffOurNDIS
We had come to the conclusion that they do not have the best interests of people with disabilities or their families at heart. Nothing they have said or published since persuades me that we got it wrong. #NDIS#HandsOffOurNDIS
We are united in our concerns about the introduction of proposed mandatory independent assessments. Reduce dignity, choice and control and wellbeing. We don't believe they will address the issues. Over-simplistic assessment tools untested - @Adv4Inclusion#NDIS#NDISJSC
There has been no specific testing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in the independent assessment pilot that we know of. - @FPDNAus#NDIS#NDISJSC