The Latest Breaking News from The National Disability Insurance Agency

From November, music and art therapists will be able to charge the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) the same as counsellors, after an independent review found they can be effective and “even life changing” for some people with disability.

Occupational therapists (OTs) have been in the spotlight this month after the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) froze NDIS payments for these services at $193.99 per hour for the sixth year.

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Those in the disability field have been expressing a sense of whiplash since Friday. Many had felt buoyed by reassurances from Bill Shorten, minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), at the National Press Club the previous week that a reboot would ensure the scheme was “here to stay”.…

The National Disability Insurance Agency says it is suspending automated payments to a business associated with an advocate alleged by former clients and service providers to have submitted invoices for services that were never delivered.

Four-year-old Noah was born with profound deafness and has no verbal language. Since entering state care two years ago, he has no longer been able to access his NDIS funding, his grandmother says.