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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality editor

‘Wildly unreasonable’: agency slashes mother’s NDIS funding and then her daughter’s

Jannine Scott and daughter Bethany 11 from Kallangur, Queensland
Jannine Scott and daughter Bethany 11 from Kallangur, Queensland are struggling to cope after NDIS cuts to their support work and other services. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

When Jannine Scott first joined her daughter Bethany on the national disability insurance scheme, it was “life-changing”.

The scheme funded in-home support workers for Scott, who has a spinal cord condition, and even paid for a power wheelchair and other assistive technology.

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