This reflective piece explores the lived experience of travelling with disability while navigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As NDIS reforms create uncertainty, Laura shares her mixed emotions ahead of a work trip to Tasmania, including anxiety about relying heavily on support workers and guilt about using her allocated funding.
Drawing on her experience of cerebral palsy, she highlights how access needs often depend on support workers due to limited and unreliable accessible transport options. The blog also reflects on the impact of internalised ableism, public discourse around NDIS “overspend”, and proposed policy changes that may reduce access to social and community participation supports.
At its core, the piece challenges the idea that people with a disability should feel guilty for using essential supports. It emphasises a simple but powerful message: people with a disability deserve the same opportunities, participation, and quality of life as everyone else.
Read the full blog: We deserve good things: in support of the NDIS
