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NDIS has made autism label the diagnostic elephant in the room
I might be a psychiatrist with an expertise in condition, but families come armed with symptoms to guarantee lifelong government funding.
Tanveer AhmedColumnistThe federal government’s plan to reboot the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a courageous admission that the scheme has become unsustainable. It now costs $36 billion a year and Treasury projects that to triple over the coming decade.
While there is a six-point plan overseen by an independent panel to include issues such as staffing, fraud and better co-ordination with other bodies, a critical element is the autism trial in Western Australia.
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