‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say

Advocates are criticizing a major overhaul of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) set to roll out next year. The changes involve using a computer program to generate funding and support plans for participants, significantly reducing human involvement. Critics fear this "robo-planning" approach will endanger the lives of NDIS participants because staff will lack the discretion to amend the computer-generated plans. The changes to the NDIS planning process have prompted calls for the government to reconsider the overhaul. The concern is that the automated system will not adequately address the individual needs of participants.

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