CornySenior Contributor
NDIS Independent Assessments
Hello Sane Forums,
I was wondering if anyone else was feeling very anxious and nervous about the changes that the government is hoping to pass parliament with regard to the NDIS? Or if you participated in the pilot program how was it? I have my first review coming up and I am feeling very worried about it.
It doesn't help when people with disabilities are dealt with in such a demeaning way, in this article in The Guardian today a young man was asked to put out the garbage to demonstrate his functional capacity.....I find this very upsetting to say the least and disgraceful. After reading the medical reports detailing my trauma history from birth to the present, an NDIS Occupational Therapist through a private provider called me out of the blue to ask if any one had ever taught me how to breathe properly. Because that's precisely where I've failed. No one every taught me to breathe, and if they had I would be cured of PTSD and ineligible for the NDIS.
Not in a million years would they ever call someone with schizophrenia and ask if someone had ever taught them how to breathe. How can I possibly be assessed by educated 'professionals' that don't suppose that civilian women who haven't migrated from a war torn country recently are able to develop crippling PTSD. The autocrat was my father and the war zone was my home.
Corny
