The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program called Thriving Kids. When announcing the change last month, health and disability minister Mark Butler explained:
Tens and tens of thousands of young children with mild to moderate developmental delay or autism are on a scheme set up for permanent disability.
This seemed to imply autism is something people “grow out of”. It’s not: autism spectrum disorder is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition.
