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Tara Cosoleto

NDIS has 'failed' Aboriginal people with a disability

Indigenous disability advocate Damian Griffis says most families can't get access to the NDIS. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The National Disability Insurance Scheme needs to be overhauled because it has failed Indigenous Australians, an advocate has told Victoria's truth-telling inquiry.

The program excludes many because the application process is expensive and the assessments are not culturally safe or appropriate, First Peoples Disability Network Australia chief executive Damian Griffis said.

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