The idea that we’re incentivised into disability is warped logic
Disabilities are not just disabling when there’s something to be gained from it
My disability extends far beyond anything the NDIS can support me with. The #NDIS can never provide equality, but it can mitigate the disparity
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Stop the #NDIS cuts!
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Really?
Surely the most important budget savings are those areas that, unlike #NDIS, are of dubious or no benefit.
Such as:
- #AUKUS and other dodgy 'defence procurement'
- Tax breaks for multiple property owners
- Fossil fuel subsidies, and untaxed gas
- Super tax concessions for the wealthy.
And as I have noted before, there are a lot of flaws with the NDIS. Those of us on it, and those who need support but are excluded, are the people who know what those flaws are and how to fix them. None of it includes restricting support.
It’s our lives at stake. We’re more than numbers on a balance sheet.
#NDIS #AusPol #MentalHealth
Public discourse around ADHD diagnosis rates feels like discourse around immigration, or the NDIS. We can only let a certain number of people in. There’s a quota. It has to be means tested. You have to cross a river of crocodiles. Actually it feels like trying to get into university
A narrative has definitely been carefully constructed to ensure the public devalues the scheme and we don’t get ideas about reforming the tax system to pay for it.
Remember:
- Every dollar of #NDIS spending returns $2.25 to the economy
- There is scope for tax reform to fund spending
#AusPol
This!
The #NDIS is about #HumanRights!
No disabled person even hopes to expect #equality.
People always try to make the argument that #EqualRights are too expensive at the start. Since when do we let them?
#AusPol
But, can we have choice and control without privatisation? I’m genuinely asking the question because I haven’t looked into it.
Neoliberalism makes me uneasy, but it’s so important to me to be able to choose my own providers and make my own decisions about spending funding.
Feeling anxious in anticipation of tomorrow’s Press Club.
This is so much more than an intellectual issue for many of us. It’s about our dignity, our access to wellbeing, to societal participation, even to life itself.
Human rights will be denied tomorrow. We should be ashamed.
#NDIS #AusPol
Those who can afford to contribute more should be taxed.
The community should be supporting #equalrights for disabled people. The financial burden shouldn’t fall on individuals.
If people understood #NDIS cuts from a #rights perspective, they would never be ok with it.
#AusPol
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
They may be doing fine now, but means testing could push a lot of people in to poverty.
Disabled people should have the same right to financial stability as anyone else.
Those who can afford to contribute more should be taxed.
The community should be supporting #equalrights for disabled people. The financial burden shouldn’t fall on individuals.
If people understood #NDIS cuts from a #rights perspective, they would never be ok with it.
#AusPol
Means testing amounts to keeping ppl in poverty. Ppl would have to run down savings before accessing support. If therapy helped them to work more, that would lead to losing access to support.
Do you want to live in an Australia where we block more people from financial security?
#AusPol #NDIS
Once you means test, you cut off the oversight of the wealthier and often more educated population. If you think govts will fund the poorer disabled just look at public Ed. Also forcing disabled people to rely on family funding gives them no independence.
Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"
You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?
No you mean the NDIS FFS
A pink square with purple and black writing that reads: They’re announcing changes to the NDIS tomorrow. And I need you to remember that NDIS cuts kill us. Disabled lives should never be on the chopping block, when there are plenty of other ways to save. ZS Zoe Simmons | Journalist and disability advocate
Some doctors are inclined to prioritise physical symptoms over mental ones, but patients should have the right to take physical risks for the sake of mental wellbeing if they choose to. As long as you fully understand the risks, it should be your decision. No-one knows your life like you do.
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I have a heart condition that’s exacerbated by stimulants, but I’m still taking a high dose. My doctors have used other meds to counter the effects. Ideally I wouldn’t take so many meds, but it makes a huge difference, so it’s worthwhile for me.
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My personal stance is that it should be your decision. Not everyone feels that diagnosis is worthwhile, but for others it’s life changing.
Russell Barkley says that stimulants for ADHD are the most effective meds in psychiatry. They’ve made a huge difference to my life.
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Or really, to correct my last statement, just don’t judge anyone’s ADHD. None of us need to prove to the general public that we are deserving of support and treatment, especially not as a chronically misunderstood population.
#ADHD #AusPol
Probably missing from #NDIS integrity talk this week as Labor justifies harsh cuts: Any mention of that historical debt review or further details on the 24% of participant debts revoked.
Friendly reminder: The lists don't solve this and participants have no review rights to dispute a debt. #Auspol
Means testing the NDIS would punish people with disability for working.
That’s not sustainability. That’s a step backwards.
Read more: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/opinion/why-...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts
Yes, but, as we say in the ND community, there seemed to be a whole lot more stars in the sky after they invented telescopes too. Were the stars hallucinations? Or had they always been there and we just didn’t have the tools to see them before?
#AusPol #ADHD
Psychiatry assessments are unaffordable on DSP, even for people with organised finances, let alone someone with ADHD, and I’m probably not eligible for GP diagnosis etc due to complexity.
Don’t judge ADHD until you’ve seen it at its worst.
The meds mean that I can function well enough to stay out of hospital and maintain a social housing tenancy (with a lot of support).
I could lose access to the meds when I lose my bulk billing psychiatrist though.
Why are other parts of our mental health system in greater need than those dealing with ADHD?
I think a lot of people don’t realise how severely disabling #ADHD can be, or the toll it can take on physical and mental health. I have barely survived my ADHD, and I still can’t work.
#AusPol