Sent November 2024 - Speech Pathology Australia and Dietitians Australia have written to the Hon. Bill Shorten, Minister for the NDIS, requesting urgent updates are made to the lists of NDIS supports. 

Letter excerpt

Speech Pathology Australia and Dietitians Australia, representing over 15,000 speech pathologists and 9000 dietitians respectively, emphasise the critical role these professionals play in supporting individuals with communication, dietary, feeding and swallowing needs. We are very concerned about the gaps and ambiguity in the current NDIS Supports Lists, which may place participants at risk by unintentionally denying access to crucial supports for safe swallowing, nutrition and dietary needs.

We call upon you to make the following urgent changes to the NDIS Supports Lists to ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of people with disability.

To view the requested urgent changes, read the full letter.