By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, 11.11.2021 (Hireup): John Walsh, a long time former National Disability Insurance Agency board member and one of the authors of The Productivity Commission (PC) report that recommended the design of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), explains the reasons why the NDIS was geared for a specific disability cohort – and why in his opinion, it shouldn’t cover Aged Care. Walsh has lived with quadriplegia since an accident during a rugby league game in his early twenties.
NB: What was the reasoning behind limiting NDIS to under 65-year-olds?
JW: There were very clear definitional, economic and ideological reasons why the NDIS should focus on younger people with disabilities.