Thriving Kids is coming sometime in 2028. Meanwhile, kids with developmental delays and autism are having plans cut now.
Thriving Kids relies on parents and teachers completing therapy sessions for these children.
#ThrivingKids #NDIS #autism #Disability
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Logo for Canberra Disability Review with link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Text beneath says: Question Five. Can you provide assurance that adequate further funding will be provided if demand for Thriving Kids exceeds current funding assumptions - particularly in communities that have historically missed out on support?
Our final question sent to
@Mark_Butler_MP
was focused on future demand. How well is #ThrivingKids being planned to address future need? Are the lessons of #NDIS past history informing current work? #disabilityrights #auspol
Logo for Canberra Disability Review with link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Text beneath says: Question Four. Thriving Kids has been described as easing pressure on the NDIS. How will the government ensure success is measured by whether children's needs are actually met, rather than fewer are entering the NDIS system?
How will success be defined and reported with #ThrivingKids? It's an important question sent to
@Mark_Butler_MP. #disabilityrights #auspol
Logo for Canberra Disability Review with link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Text beneath says: Thriving Kids will largely be delivered by states and territories. What safeguards are in place to ensure children in jurisdictions with fewer services and / or higher disadvantage do not receive a lower level of support than children in better resourced areas?
Our third #ThrivingKids question to
@Mark_Butler_MP continued the focus on equity in service delivery. Disadvantage extends across Australia. How will the government ensure every kid gets the support they need? #disabilityrights #auspol
Logo for Canberra Disability Review with link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Text beneath says: The government has indicated Thriving Kids will improve access for First Nations, regional and CALD communities. Will services in these communities be funded at a higher level to reflect higher delivery costs, and can you confirm that this will be built into funding models rather than left to provider discretion?
The second question CDR sent to
@Mark_Butler_MP focused on disadvantaged communities where services are thin and life is particularly challenging. We would welcome a response from the minister. #disabilityrights #ThrivingKids #auspol
Logo for Canberra Disability Review with link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/ Text beneath says: Thriving Kids. Questions CDR sent to Minister Butler. Question One. Thriving Kids is jointly funded at up to $4billion over five years. In relation to current modelling, how many children per year does the government anticipate will receive direct support through the program and what will that translate to in terms of average funding per child each year?
Working on the Autumn Edition of CDR, we sent questions to
@Mark_Butler_MP
to find out more about #ThrivingKids. We didn't receive any response from the minister. #disabilityrights #ThrivingKids #auspol
Thriving kids is the new name for Parental Responsibility for disabled children. We know it will be an absolute clusterfuck without trained staff or any evidence of the effectiveness of the program.
#ThrivingKids #NDIS
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Canberra Disability Review. Autumn 2026 now online and free to read. #disabilityrights #NDIS #ThrivingKids #auspol online.flippingbook.com/view/1852444...
For those who prefer audio, the Autumn 2026 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review Editorial can be heard at tinyurl.com/CDREditorial #NDIS #ThrivingKids #disabilityrights #auspol
Photo of an autumn maple leaf beside text that reads: Canberra Disability Review. "If you don't have a diagnosis, a potential risk is that you end up with discretionary assessments and a discretionary kind of triage system. And if we're thinking again about a resource constrained environment, which you and I are both predicting that Thriving Kids will be, that's a really important consideration as well." Molly Saunders. Back to the Future? Thriving Kids, Service Inequities and a far from Nostalgic Past. Autumn 2026 CDR.
Thriving Kids - new NDIS assessments - choice and control? Autumn 2026 CDR out now. Unpacking what these changes really mean for Australians with disability. Free read: tinyurl.com/mubepkx7 #NDISReform #disabilityrights #ThrivingKids #auspol
Background of sunrise colours with foreground text that reads: Canberra Disability Review. Autumn 2026 Edition out now. (also includes link to www.advocacyforinclusion.org/cdr/)
"Building the plane while flying it" once described the early NDIS. As new reforms gather pace are we seeing the same pattern again? The Autumn 2026 Canberra Disability Review is out now at tinyurl.com/mubepkx7. #NDIS #auspol #disabilityrights #ThrivingKids
🤯 STOP arguing with your parents! Research says listening leads to success. Better grades, better life. 💯📈 Want a thriving kid? Start by listening!👂 #ParentingHacks #ThrivingKids #SuccessTips #APAresearch
Source: APA "Parenting That Works," 2025. What’s your biggest parenting challenge? 🤔👇
Text reading: NDIS minister reveals plan for future foundational supports. Mark Butler, Minister for NDIS. And a photo of Mark Butler, a white man with greying hair wearing a dark suit jacket and dark grey tie.
Text reading: “There were…as many as 230,000 mainly adults living with severe and chronic mental illness not receiving any support either through the NDIS or other psycho-social programs run by the Commonwealth or state and territory governments.” Mark Butler, Minister for the NDIS. And a photo of Mark Butler, a white man with a dark suit and red tie, stands speaking at a podium.
Text reading: “(NDIS) Growth should be something like health inflation plus a measure for population growth and population ageing, which I quantified as five to six per cent.” Mark Butler, Minister for the NDIS. And a photo of Mark Butler, a white man with a dark suit and red tie, stands speaking in Parliament.
Black text on a vibrant blue background: “Timelines must be readiness-based, not date-based.” Jenny Karavolos, Australian Autism Alliance. “These reforms are required in parallel so people with disability can access support outside the NDIS and avoid growing service gaps and inequity in different jurisdictions.” DRO Statement
NDIS minister reveals plan for future foundational supports.
The disability community has finally been given a glimpse of what Foundational Supports could look like beyond the government’s delivery of Thriving Kids.
Read more: https://loom.ly/wCeejg8
#ThrivingKids #FoundationalSupports #NDIS
Text reading: Government releases Thriving Kids Advisory Group report. And a photo of Professor Frank Oberklaid, an older white man in a dark suit jacket and dark tie.
Text reading: “The advisory group has reviewed the evidence for what constitutes best practice, broadly consulted on strategy with professionals across the whole range of disciplines, as well as families with lived experience.” Professor Frank Oberklaid. And a photo of Professor Frank Oberklaid, an older white man in a dark suit jacket and dark tie.
Text reading: “The advice of the Thriving Kids Advisory Group reinforces the opportunity we have as a nation to deliver better outcomes for children…Thriving Kids will empower and support families early in a child’s developmental journey with tailored supports in community settings.” Mark Butler, Minister for NDIS. And a photo of Mark Butler, a white man with greying hair wearing a dark suit jacket and dark grey tie.
Black text on a seafoam green background: The national rollout will now commence on 1 October 2026, with full implementation expected by 1 January 2028. “I am confident that the Thriving Kids model provides a sound framework for how best to support children and their families to achieve the best possible opportunities for children to thrive.” Professor Frank Oberklaid
Government releases Thriving Kids Advisory Group report.
Co-Chair of the Thriving Kids Advisory Group, Professor Frank Oberklaid AM, claims the process for developing the revised Thriving Kids model was very comprehensive.
Read more: https://loom.ly/cm7XwEc
#ThrivingKids #NDIS #Auspol
Artwork illustrated by Aunty Shirley Dawson, East Aranda Nation Group. A cube decorated with vibrant Indigenous- artwork. One visible face features a large kookaburra with patterned feathers in white, brown, blue, and gold, surrounded by circular and dot motifs. Another side shows two human figures in silhouette next to large decorated insects on a yellow background. The top panel shows figures sitting on a tree branch and interacting on a warm red‑orange backdrop with flowing line patterns. The overall design is rich with earthy tones, dots, and symbolic patterns typical of Aboriginal art.
💡The #TrackingCube recognised in the Australian Government’s No Child Left Behind report under the #ThrivingKids initiative for its role in equitable, culturally safe early identification of neurodevelopmental needs.
👏Congrats all esp Dianne Shanley, Erinn Hawkins & Wei Liu.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4jytysdu
Text reading: NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister answers your questions. And a photo of Jenny McAllister a smiling woman with short hair in a red jacket and black shirt.
Text reading: “The new (assessment) process is essentially built around a questionnaire that’s…more focused on people's capacities, and less dependent on the ability of the individual participant to obtain medical reports or advice.” NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister. And a photo of Jenny McAllister smiling and talking with two unnamed people.
Text reading: “Disability advocates have spoken to me about the volume of change taking place in the system and the need to make sure that is staged…We’re initiating work to improve the quality of services that are offered ... to participants.” NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister. And a a photo of Jenny McAllister smiling and talking to a man in a gym.
Text reading: “Children who are already on the scheme will continue to be on the scheme, subject to the usual eligibility reassessment.” NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister. And a a photo of Jenny McAllister wearing a black suit.
To answer the community’s questions and concerns, Powerd Media sat down with Minister McAllister to discuss all things NDIS support assessments, Foundational Supports and Thriving Kids.
Read more: https://loom.ly/a4F1_X4
#NDIS #ThrivingKids #ICAN #FoundationalSupports
A red and white graphic from Every Australian Counts features the heading “Results Are In: Thriving Kids Community Survey.” Below is a grey silhouette icon labelled “Survey Respondent” with a one-star rating out of five. The quote says: “Highly experienced professionals are being forced out… The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
“Highly experienced professionals are being forced out... The system is collapsing in rural areas.”
Therapists, providers, & workers worry they’ll have to shut their doors.
📢 Full report: everyaustraliancounts.com.au/families-car...
#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts #NDIS #ThrivingKids
[3/3] Billions are being pulled from the NDIS and sold back to us as “reform.”
Children don’t thrive when their supports are cut — they thrive when governments listen.
#SaveOurNDIS #ThrivingKids #DisabilityJustice #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
Text reading: Children and Young People with Disability Australia voices community concerns revealed in Thriving Kids survey. Over 1500 families of children and young people with disability have responded to a nationwide survey conducted by Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), who sought feedback from the disability community after NDIS Minister Mark Butler announced the Thriving Kids initiative, back in August. And a photo of Skye Kakoschke Moore, a smiling person with dark glasses and long hair.
Text on a light brown background reading: Only 4% of survey respondents felt the rollout of Thriving Kids could be completed sufficiently.
Text on a light brown background reading: Three in four young people, parents and caregivers reported being worried, while one in two were scared or confused by the initiative.
Text reading: “Families and young people are really concerned about a lack of choice and control and individualized supports. We know that one size fits all never works, and so no matter what is delivered through Thriving Kids, it's really important that those individual needs can be met.” And a photo of Skye Kakoschke Moore, a smiling person with dark glasses and long hair.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia voices community concerns revealed in Thriving Kids survey.
Read more: powerd.media/news/childre...
Warning: The full story on the Powerd website contains discussion of suicide.
#NDIS #ThrivingKids #AusPol #FoundationalSupports
Note to self and others in burnout: There are still a few hours to tell the government what you think about #ThrivingKids.
Even if it's just "Don't waste $2bil trying to socialise autistic kids into thriving neurotypical adults. It'll cost more in adverse adult outcomes."
#HarmCostsMore #Auspol
This work is also shaping the San Mateo County Child Care Blueprint, a community-driven plan to ensure that every child receives high-quality care and early learning.
Learn more in @kqednews.kqed.org: www.kqed.org/news/1205533...
#ChildhoodMatters #StrongFamilies #ThrivingKids #AffordableChildcare
The Spring 2025 Review delves into the recently announced NDIS reforms. What are the impacts when it comes to gender inequality? What are the downstream cost impacts? Check out the review. It's online and free from any paywalls. #auspol #NDIS #ThrivingKids #disabilityrights #cbr
Have a say on #ThrivingKids - the government’s new supports plan for Autistic children and those with developmental delay.
Take CYDA’s survey today: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThrivingKids
A photo of Mark Butler in a dark suit and red tie, and the words: Many in the autistic community remain angry and confused following the recent announcement of the Thriving Kids program. Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Mark Butler, claims the move was made to ensure the NDIS remains financially sustainable. The Australian Autism Alliance took issue with the language used: “Policy must adopt a neurodiversity-affirming lens, in line with the National Autism Strategy.”
A photo of Nicole Rogerson in a white shirt and dark suit jacket, and the words: Autism Awareness Australia (AAA) CEO, Nicole Rogerson, made a point of reassuring the autistic community. “ I know people are going to be nervous,” she says. “I’m all for judging governments when they do things wrong, but at this point in time, we don’t know enough to really judge it.”
A grey tile with black writing: For Ms Rogerson claims that the Thriving Kids program is a great opportunity for those caring for, as well as living with, autism and developmental delays. It is worth noting that the Director of Autism Awareness Australia is Professor Andrew Whitehouse, one of the developers of the Inklings initiative. The Autism Awareness Australia CEO says the government must work closely with experts in the field of child development in order to produce a satisfactory program. “If you're going to make a big change, we need…to make sure what we end up designing is actually going to support those children the way they need.
Advocacy group calls for calm amid Thriving Kids concern.
Many in the autistic community remain angry and confused following the recent announcement of the Thriving Kids program.
Read more:
powerd.media/news/advocac...
#NDIS #FoundationalSupports #ThrivingKids #Inklings #Autism #Autistic
CYDA has published a survey asking for people's thoughts on Thriving Kids. Follow the link to take the survey.
#thrivingkids #CYDA
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I was interviewed by @9news.bsky.social about the @ausgov.bsky.social plan to push kids with so-called “mild” or “moderate” #Autism off the #NDIS into the new #ThrivingKids program.
If #ThrivingKids is an attempt to build better early intervention and development services it is a big step forward. However, to be productive it will need to keep up to date with treatments and be carefully monitored for #impact. #auspol
#NDIS #ThrivingKids #DisabilityRights #UNCRPD #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs @ausgov.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social @greens.org.au
How does this save money if kids are being shifted from one funded program to another @markbutlermp.bsky.social?
What happens when they turn 10? They still need support.
This is just a lot of smoke & mirrors to dress up removing support from children who need it. #auspol #NDIS #ThrivingKids
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#ChildhoodMatters #StrongFamilies #ThrivingKids #SanMateoCounty
