17/03/2026
Another tired headline framing basic participation in community life as wasteful spending.
For many NDIS participants, support to go for a walk, see a movie or get a haircut is what makes it possible to leave the house, maintain relationships and participate in the community.
Portraying these supports as frivolous says far more about how some commentators value disabled lives than it does about the NDIS.
People with disability have the same right as everyone else to participate in ordinary life. Suggesting that inclusion is excessive spending is not journalism. It is stigma dressed up as fiscal concern.
Our community deserves better.
