‘Outrageously scary’: NDIS participants fear proposed changes will give them less choice and control

‘Where I am, it is very hard to find support workers that I can get when I need them, and that are value for money’ … disability advocate Jarrod Sandell-Hay. Photograph: Brydie Piaf/The Guardian

It’s not easy to find disability support workers in regional areas, let alone those with whom one can develop a strong level of trust, but over the past seven years Jarrod Sandell-Hay has managed it.

A participant of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Sandell-Hay lives with his wife and their two dogs on the New South Wales Central Coast. The couple are both wheelchair users.