The Western Australian Government has launched a scheme that ‘embodies the key elements of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).’

 

The My Way project will aim to improve choice, flexibility and control that people with disability have over the supports and services.

 

State Disability Services Minister Helen Morton said the project contained many of the key aspects of the Productivity Commission’s report for an NDIS.

 

She said the WA pilot project would demonstrate how funds could flow directly to people needing it most without being syphoned into a new national bureaucracy.

 

“This project has all the hallmarks of an NDIS with individualised funding, allowing more choice and control for people with disability of the services and supports that suit them in their local community,” Mrs Morton said.

 

“I wrote to Federal Minister Jenny Macklin two weeks ago offering WA to host an NDIS site to demonstrate this. In the meantime, we are going ahead with our own project which will deliver the best outcomes for people in WA.”

 

The Minister said the project would initially be offered in Cockburn-Kwinana; the Perth Hills; the Goldfields and the Lower South West Commission service areas to people with disability eligible for Disability Services Commission services.