NDIS participants describe mental exhaustion from navigating complex disability scheme
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Claudia Forsberg
5d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
NDIS participant Andrew Bretherton shares his exhausting and costly journey to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme, highlighting the mental toll and fear of being removed from the system. The article examines how participants with complex conditions like ME/CFS are struggling with the scheme's complexity and facing potential funding cuts.
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· 3 pulledI've seen other people with my condition either [be] removed or had their funding massively cut and people in the ME/CFS community are quite scared about what these cuts will mean
It took three attempts and thousands of dollars in legal fees before Andrew Bretherton was finally granted access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Participants say they are 'exhausted' and 'overwhelmed' by trying to navigate the complex and ever-changing NDIS system
Participants say they are "exhausted" and "overwhelmed" by trying to navigate the complex and ever-changing NDIS system.
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