Seven in 10 new NDIS participants have autism
In seven out of 10 people participating in the National Disability Insurance program last year, he was trying to secure the future of a 46 billion dollar plan, while the Children with a new sign of the difficulties faced by the Minister of Health and Disabled Mark Butler.
The analysis of government data by this Masthead reveals that 56,000 of the 78,600 participants enrolled in NDIS between June 2024 and June 2025 were autism as the main diagnosis. It brings the total number of people using NDIS for autism support to 295,000 – approximately 40 percent of 740,000 participants of the plan.
The next most common reason for the participation of the participants to the NDIS for the last financial year was the developmental delays as 5500 children. At the same time, there were 4405 new participants with mental disabilities, 1618 people with hearing impaired, 1077 people with multiple sclerosis, 870 people with acquired brain injuries and 829 people after the stroke.
Butler, while preparing to give a national address about the future of NDIS on Wednesday – the first speech since the seizure of the portfolio in May – the figures are a sharp indicator that a plan designed to support the Australians the deepest lifelong disabled people has become a de facto support system to combat children.
The fact that families trust the NDIs for early intervention is the main reason why the plan is on the way to become the third largest budget item of the federal government. Even if the government has restricted expenditures and delivered the program less than $ 520 million less than the estimation, it grew more than 10 percent last year.
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Nicole Rogerson, General Manager of Autism Awareness Australia, said that the Albanian government should make difficult decisions when it comes to conformity, or “the people of Australia will begin to lose their faith in this system”.
“We have a series of Australian children who do not develop. They have concerns about the development of their parents, and these children need support. NDIs have been designed to support these children? No, not.
“We encourage the government to make brave elections and lead the leadership here … [They are] He’il have to bore the criteria.
