The cost of the assessments required to simply access the process to get on the National Disability Insurance Scheme is making it hard for families like Shontay Mulcahy's to get support.
Leeton mother Shontay Mulcahy says it has been very difficult to access the NDIS for her son, Norman Longhurst.A mother says without a local charity's funding she would not have been able to afford to have her son assessed for the NDIS.The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is continually looking at how to simplify the application process.
A psychologist's assessment for autism was required before Norman could be assessed for the NDIS, but Ms Mulcahy could not afford the $1,200 up-front cost. The psychologist concluded that Norman was not autistic, but instead should be assessed for a learning disability that would cost another $900, which Ms Mulcahy was able to pay for.Her family was one of many for whom advocacy group People with Disabilities said the price of medical assessments were a barrier to accessing the NDIS.Grace Capaldi says her organisation has spent more than $9,000 helping locals access the NDIS.
"You can in theory get some of these costs returned to you if you are lucky enough to get on to the NDIS but … for many people with disability they don't have the money in the first place," they said.According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in 2018, 38 per cent of households with a person with a disability had a low level of income compared with 18 per cent of households without disability.
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