Draft proposal comes as research suggests 78% of Australians with disability who menstruate cannot afford such products
The government has released a draft list of items it proposes to exclude from NDIS coverage. Menstrual product are classified ‘lifestyle related’.The government has released a draft list of items it proposes to exclude from NDIS coverage. Menstrual product are classified ‘lifestyle related’.The federal government has proposed excluding period products from the National Disability Insurance Scheme despite recent research suggesting 78% of people with disability who menstruate cannot afford them.
The draft proposed allowing funding for items in that list only if they are costs incurred “solely and directly” as a result of a person’s disability., canvassing more than 153,000 people with periods, found around one in three struggled to afford menstrual products in the past year. Nearly one in five at some point needed to improvise – for example, using toilet paper instead of a pad – due to cost barriers, the survey found.
“It goes without saying that menstrual products need to be recognised as material basic needs linked to hygiene, personal care, dignity, health and participation in the community.” Menstrual activism had succeeded in challenging some taboos around periods, Cusworth said, such as removing GST on tampons and other products.
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