NDIS Press Club Reforms

NOT EVIDENCE BASED
NOT CO-DESIGN
NOT SAFE

Protect Autistic Kids: Stop the ‘Thriving Kids’ Behaviour Program

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Reimagine Australia has released their collective response: “First, We Build It” — a call to pause, co-design, and rebuild early childhood supports in ways that are inclusive, safe, and grounded in human rights and disability justice.

Click here to read our full statement.

They are inviting families, practitioners, organisations, and allies to endorse this statement. Endorsements will be included in their submission to the Minister, amplifying the united call for restorative reform.

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The federal government has announced plans to roll out its new ‘Thriving Kids’ program - replacing the NDIS for Autistic kids and kids with developmental delay with block funded programs. This change rips away individualised supports, including therapies, aids, and flexible help that families rely on, and replaces them with one-size-fits-all programs leaving families with no real choice or control.

Years of work from advocates have been thrown aside in favour of holding the budgetary line. The promises made in the landmark National Autism Strategy (NAS) are being rendered redundant. Disabled People’s Representative Organisations (DPROs) have not endorsed this program.

A coalition of national advocates is calling for Mark Butler MP to:

Halt the rollout of Thriving Kids until independent safety evaluations are complete, and guarantee no children will be removed from the scheme or have their funding significantly cut in the meantime.
Engage meaningfully with advocates and DPRO’s and work with national advocates to install a DPRO led review panel to provide independent review of programs prior to implementation.
Ensure suggested programs comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Resume genuine engagement with community and advocates and review of previous engagement and feedback which seems to have been disregarded in the case of Inklings.