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NDIS independent assessments are off the table for now That s a good thing — the evidence wasn t there

Federal, state and territory disability ministers met on Friday to debate a proposal to introduce independent assessments into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). In the face of sustained opposition, the federal government agreed not to make any legislative changes to the scheme and committed to consult on any future amendments. Remind me, what are independent assessments? Independent assessments were proposed as a new way of determining the functional level of an individual with disability, which would then be then used to inform what level of funding that person would receive. Under the current system, people demonstrate this by gathering evidence from their own specialists.

NDIS independent assessments are off table for now

Anne Kavanagh Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne In the face of sustained opposition, the federal government agreed not to make any legislative changes to the scheme and committed to consult on any future amendments. Remind me, what are independent assessments? Independent assessments were proposed as a new way of determining the functional level of an individual with disability, which would then be then used to inform what level of funding that person would receive. Under the current system, people demonstrate this by gathering evidence from their own specialists. The government has argued this is not fair, because those with greater means can bypass waiting lists in the public system and see private specialists. They also believe professionals known to an individual may be affected by “empathy bias“, resulting in their clients ultimately being awarded larger funding packages.

People with disability say their trust in government has been damaged over NDIS assessments controversy

Share on Twitter The disability community says trust in the federal government has been destroyed by scrapped controversial plans for independent assessments for participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The reforms would have seen NDIS participants and would-be participants assessed by a government-contracted allied health professional - rather than their own treating specialists with whom they already have a relationship - to help determine the support they receive. READ MORE Concerns had been raised about a lack of genuine government consultation and transparency, the ‘one-size-fits-all’ model being culturally inappropriate, and the reforms undermining the principles of choice and control that the NDIS was built on.

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