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JynxModerator
Hi folks, we have an opportunity to share thoughts about recent changes to NDIS, and the Thriving Kids Initiative that has been announced.
You can find out more about the changes here, the Initiative here, and here.
We would love to hear any thoughts or perspectives from the community. Will these changes affect you? Benefit you? Or is it making life harder? Let us know!!
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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor
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DogMan79Senior Contributor
That's in response to @ArraDreaming and @tyme in the last 2 replies about the process. Apparently that's changing too
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tymeModerator
Thanks for sharing
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DogMan79Senior Contributor
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DogMan79Senior Contributor
I like Frank Oberklaid. I used to attend his conferences when I worked in education
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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor
it seems like autistic kids get less and less support. @tyme @avant-garde @ArraDreaming . early intervention is so so so crucial which means the more money they inject early on, the less they have to spend later.
I was speaking to a parent today who was so so grateful for the NDIS. When his daughter was young, she was very slow at developing speech and would get very frustrated. It turned out she has inverted ear drums. They were seeing a speech therapist for $150, but after they were put on the NDIS, they charged them $190 (another flaw of NDIS)...whatever it was, the family prioritised this so that when the child was 7, she moved off the NDIS and absolutely excelled in language and literacy.
Just goes to show how important early years intervention is.
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