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A domestic violence prevention group fears the proposed model of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) independent assessments could result in survivors being re-traumatised and placed at “imminent risk of harm”.
The assessments, which have been put on hold amid a sector-wide backlash, would see participants outsourced to a single contracted assessor they do not know to determine their eligibility for the NDIS, and the level of support they receive.
New NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds has said the assessments are designed to provide people with disability with true choice and control over a flexible support package to achieve their goals .
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Disability organisations are campaigning for independent assessments to be stopped amid fears they will leave NDIS participants worse off. Here, SBS News takes a look at the changes and why they're causing controversy.
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Australia s new minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme has only just taken on the role, but she’s already been met with a passionate campaign to stop controversial reforms.
Disability organisations and advocates are urging Linda Reynolds to halt proposed changes to how people access the NDIS, after she recently took responsibility for the scheme in a ministerial reshuffle.
Critics fear the introduction of compulsory independent assessments will undermine the ability of NDIS participants to exercise choice and control over their lives.
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It comes as documents obtained under freedom of information laws suggest the government made substantial changes to an independent review used as justification for introducing the assessments.