Share on Twitter 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. READ MORE 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.