Psychologist Clare Rowe is one of a growing number arguing the scheme needs an overhaul. Kids with mild autism may be the tip ...

Independent assessments were meant to make access to the NDIS fairer. But disability groups disagree and want them stopped.

Jim Chalmers has issued a veiled threat to states that they face missing out on billions of dollars in commonwealth hospital ...

The proposed NDIS independent assessments have been controversial. And data from a pilot doesn’t really tell us whether they’d deliver positive outcomes for Australians with disability.

Parents of children with mild and moderate autism say they were being kicked off the NDIS even before this week’s ...

The government had no choice but to attempt to rein in the costs of the NDIS. This week’s initiative, while not perfect, is a ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has flagged a new program to cater for children with autism and moderate developmental delays ...

Diverting autistic children off the NDIS will “reboot” the troubled $46bn-a-year program and end a “cash for diagnosis” ...

Sydney parents have criticised announced changes to autism on the NDIS but there is cautious optimism the change could allow children to access earlier support.