NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has opened the door to a potential expansion of the scheme to support people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | By Dana Daniel auspol ndis adhd Dana_Adele
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has opened the door to a potential expansion of the national disability insurance scheme to support more people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , which is believed to affect one in 20 children.
Any expansion of NDIS eligibility is likely to expose the federal government to criticism from the opposition about the sustainability of the scheme, whoseAccording to the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, an estimated one in 20 children in Australia have ADHD, which is more common in boys. It often persists into adulthood and there has been an increase in adults being diagnosed.
Rusciano said ADHD testing and therapy were “wildly expensive” – running into the thousands of dollars a year – and some GPs did not “necessarily believe in ADHD for adults”, while psychiatrists had long waiting lists.
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