Having to grapple with the NDIS is no blessing – it’s a matter of government policy

Prime minister, Scott Morrison, has promised to look into the case of Catherine, who says she has had NDIS funding for her son cut by 40%. Stories of plans being cut are rising across the country. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

When Catherine, the mother of four-year-old Ethan, asked Scott Morrison about the Coalition’s plans for the national disability insurance scheme, the prime minister had an unfortunate response.

Ethan is autistic and Morrison told Wednesday night’s debate he and Jenny were “blessed” to have “two children that don’t – that haven’t had to go through that”.