13/06/2025
I'm extremely disheartened to read the NDIA pricing recommendations. I'm not one to post much, but as a small mobile practitioner I'm lucky I have other public work, so I can continue traveling to families with complex dysphagia needs all over Melbourne at a reduced cost and if this goes through, at a loss for me at times.
These recommendations will mean a reduction in choice and access for families, which boggles my mind when I think back to why NDIS was created in the first place. I think it will lead to less small practices and great pressure on public services when participants cant travel into clinic or to an appropriate provider.
This post by Kate Hoad speaks to my thoughts and is also a great service user/ practitioner summary (original post from Rainbow Speech Pathology thank you for sharing)
https://www.outcomestherapy.com.au/post/the-ndis-can-t-work-without-us-but-right-now-it-s-breaking-us?fbclid=IwY2xjawK3U_pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFQVlgyZ3RDWEM4QTBWbVlsAR5UVR9noiNgYl-CXqGot9EgUxYQhTmgHTXcxZV4Vb9ulErEI2zERUSAmt5h9Q_aem_tisk6ZBDREm4y7sCY-DXEg
I honestly, truly try not to write posts like this often. I’m usually too busy doing the actual work—with my team, with my family, with my clients. And this is the second post recently I've felt drawn to write about NDIS changes. But they're real, they impact me, they impact my family, and they ...
