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People living with multiple sclerosis are joining calls for urgent reforms to the "broken" NDIS system that's left many with either not enough funding or none at all amid a lack of awareness of their neurological condition.

Less than 1 per cent of rental properties in Australia are affordable for people on the disability pension, the royal commission into disability hears.

Around 4.5 million Australians live with disability but less than 13% of them are covered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Getting into the scheme is one thing. But many NDIS participants find using their funding is yet another.

This week, the South Australian government announced the appointment of Emily Bourke to the role of assistant minister for autism. It’s the first portfolio of its kind in Australia.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare last month released its report on people with disability. It shows two in three people with disability aged 35 to 44 years have parenting responsibilities and over one in five people with intellectual disability aged 15 to 44 years have children.

Last year, nearly A$45 million in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) payments were cancelled as they were thought to be fraudulent. But more recent estimates suggest that may be nowhere near the level of fraud occurring in the scheme.

Kathy and Daniel Dwyer fear they may lose their support coordinator after the NDIS freezes pricing for the third year in a row. Their provider is one of more than 250 likely to close in the next year.

A police taskforce will be established to target organised crime groups allegedly intimidating and exploiting disability scheme participants and defrauding billions of dollars from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

More resources would help prevent criminals defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme through false invoices and overcharging, Bill Shorten says.