The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, has rejected calls to allow people who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to gain automatic eligibility into the support program.
Instead, the minister said there are other avenues that could be explored by people who have an ADHD diagnosis.
“I think there’s a really good opportunity to support kids with developmental delay through universal screening, through having a look at what are the foundations that other departments and the states do, to provide access to kids with developmental delay to support—other than the NDIS,” Mr. Shorten told ABC radio on July 7….