The National Disability Insurance Scheme, is a scheme that provides support for people with disabilities. While ensuring individualised, long-term funding to help support people with disability. The NDIS is governed and funded by the Commonwealth and participating states and territory governments (Buckmaster, 2013). However, the scheme intends to replace the current system of shared provision and funding of disability services by the Commonwealth and State and Territory governments under the ‘National Disability Agreement’ Buckmaster, 2013). The NDIS has many expectations about the extent, standards and distribution in which it will provide to people with disabilities but it may be likely to disappoint. The scheme additionally will change
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Those with disabilities are more likely to experience poor health, lower education, training and employment, social exclusion and lack of goods and services while suffering discrimination (ProductivityCommission2017). The NDIS was designed to help deliver support and improve the outcome for participants, their families and carers. With the importance of personalising support, to pursue goals and maximise independence, living independently and fitting within the community. Individualised support funding under the NDIS is restricted to what is reasonable and necessary. This concept however is not defined in legislative scheme, the NDIS does not provide guidance on whether the support is reasonable or …show more content…
The increase in support, choice and control provided as well as the improvement in participants quality of life has all been a contributor to their overall wellbeing. An evaluation found that 44 percent of participants surveyed have had great say over their support, while 46 percent had more choice over who provided their support (ProductivityCommission2017). However, some participants have reported poorer outcomes due to the NDIS. Some say the lengthy wait; lack of local providers and quality provision is unmet especially for those living in rural and remote areas (ProductivityCommission2017). Ensuring the services provided in rural and remote areas are sufficient and culturally appropriate is difficult. Complex challenges steam from pricing, economies, climate, geography, culture, workforce shortages and safety. Additionally, it was discussed in the Productivity Commission report, that people who lived in remote and rural communities are at risk of market failure. In regard to the shortages, less competition and poorer outcomes for participants (ProductivityCommission2017).
Some participants are not benefiting from the NDIS as they would have liked. Those at risk of having less positive experiences include, psychosocial disability, complex and multiple disabilities, language and cultural barriers. Also, those participants transitioning into the community from the criminal justice system, homelessness
Those with disabilities are more likely to experience poor health, lower education, training and employment, social exclusion and lack of goods and services while suffering discrimination (ProductivityCommission2017). The NDIS was designed to help deliver support and improve the outcome for participants, their families and carers. With the importance of personalising support, to pursue goals and maximise independence, living independently and fitting within the community. Individualised support funding under the NDIS is restricted to what is reasonable and necessary. This concept however is not defined in legislative scheme, the NDIS does not provide guidance on whether the support is reasonable or …show more content…
The increase in support, choice and control provided as well as the improvement in participants quality of life has all been a contributor to their overall wellbeing. An evaluation found that 44 percent of participants surveyed have had great say over their support, while 46 percent had more choice over who provided their support (ProductivityCommission2017). However, some participants have reported poorer outcomes due to the NDIS. Some say the lengthy wait; lack of local providers and quality provision is unmet especially for those living in rural and remote areas (ProductivityCommission2017). Ensuring the services provided in rural and remote areas are sufficient and culturally appropriate is difficult. Complex challenges steam from pricing, economies, climate, geography, culture, workforce shortages and safety. Additionally, it was discussed in the Productivity Commission report, that people who lived in remote and rural communities are at risk of market failure. In regard to the shortages, less competition and poorer outcomes for participants (ProductivityCommission2017).
Some participants are not benefiting from the NDIS as they would have liked. Those at risk of having less positive experiences include, psychosocial disability, complex and multiple disabilities, language and cultural barriers. Also, those participants transitioning into the community from the criminal justice system, homelessness