Say No to Forced NDIS Assessments
A press release by Craig Wallace. MEDIA RELEASE: SNAP ACTION: SAY NO TO FORCED NDIS ASSESSMENTS National Disability Insurance Scheme participants around Australia are taking part in a snap action from 12 noon tomorrow Friday 11 September 2020 calling on the Federal Government to scrap a controversial plan to force participants in the NDIS to undergo forced independent assessments. The action includes a physically distanced vigil at the Canberra office while participants conduct mock assessments online. Over 500 people are supporting various COVIDsafe actions. Craig Wallace an NDIS participant and spokesperson for the snap action said: “Two weeks ago Government announced these mandatory assessments. While Government hasn’t come clean on all the details, public material from the NDIS talks about point in time independent assessments measuring ‘capabilities not disabilities’. We do know they are using functional capacity tools and will be based on an observation of a pe