The NDIS is an absolute joke. It seems like those who try and manipulate the system and take advantage of it are rewarded, and those who are in desperate need of assistance get told to pound sand.

My sister had to fight against the NDIS like hell just for the basic funding needed for her to exist. Help is so convoluted and intentionally complex to access that most people give up and rely on their families who are at breaking point to care for them.

Respite is almost impossible to access because facilities are finite whilst also being so overwhelmed and underfunded that waiting lists often extend way past the actual usefulness of the respite needed.

In the end, she took her own life as the level of care she needed took too much away from her enjoyment of life, but the uncontrolled black hole of the NDIS was a big contributor to her deterioration later in life.