The NDIA are deleting participants' recorded disabilities without notice, and at the time of reassessment they are denying supports and funding based on the justification that there's no evidence of your disabilities existing
This is the comment that started it. I know I look a little suspicious with my hidden post history - I sent the link to the comment along with my story to the ABC, the 2 Greens Senators from Queensland, Senator Jordon-Steele John, my local Federal MP, and the disability advocacy group 'Disabled People Against Cuts'.
I normally don't trust people with hidden post histories, but after sharing that comment link around, I don't love the idea of any of those groups deciding to take a glance through my profile, so I've got it temporarily hidden. I know, I know, shame be upon me, for I am wielding the tactics of the bots, the trolls, and the agitators. I feel like I have a better excuse though, and I'll set it back to bravely showing my track record of proven human-status and not-trollism in a couple months or so.
Anyway, after seeing that it had happened to someone else, I got it in my head that this might be something more widespread than I initially figured. So I started contacting people. Yesterday, the advocacy group 'Disabled People Against Cuts' got back to me.
According to the conversation with them, which I have attached, this has happened to 'many people' - though I am a bit confused why they then went on to talk about 'primary disabilities', so I'm not 100% sure they understood what I was saying. I don't think I was overly ambiguous though.
It happened to me. It happened to at least one other person based on the response to the comment I linked. According to DPAC - assuming they understood what I was saying - it's happening to many people.
You go in for a reassessment, thinking everything is up to standard, and you get completely blindsided because all your disabilities except one have been inexplicably removed from your records, your funding gets obliterated because you look like you've gone from "high needs" to "low needs", specific things you had funded based on specific disabilities get denied, and you're left in limbo.
I don't know why or how warnings about this haven't gotten out, but if you're planning on a reassessment any time soon, request a list of your disabilities first. It's probably not happening to everyone, and DPAC's response and pivot into talking about primary disabilities is frankly confusing so it's arguable if they actually comprehended properly what I was trying to explain, but if they did understand then it is widespread and happening to many people.
All I know with confidence is that it has absolutely happened to me, and I have no reason to doubt that it happened to the participant who responded to that comment I linked. DPAC's response was ... weird, but I mean, you can read how I explained it to them, I felt that was fairly straightforwardly explained, so I assume they understand what I was saying and they are referring to this particular problem when they say it's happened to 'many' people.
If you don't believe me, if you think I've photoshopped this conversation, ask them. Message DPAC. That's 'Disabled People Against Cuts' on Facebook. Show them this post, ask them if that conversation happened. You don't have to just take my word for it. For some, this will seem entirely in line with the track record of how the NDIA treats us. For others, this may seem like a raving, fantastical claim of grand improbability. So just, ask them if you don't believe me.
Nobody warned me before I went in for a reassessment and I walked blindly into a trap. I hope I can warn people so others can be prepared if this is going to happen to them.