Jenny Karavolos

So you can cap a budget, but that doesn't mean the need has disappeared.

So there's still a huge amount of work to be done.

The other thing was about eligibility and who would be getting access and who wouldn't.

They're all huge structural reforms.

There is confusion and distrust about assessments.

That's what community is telling us.

People don't understand how decisions will be made about access.

There's strong anxiety about cap supports, as I said, versus real need.

And there's fears of gaps, which are legitimate, about falling through the cracks.

Absolutely.

It's been referenced specifically that autism is the largest cohort in the NDIS, that reforms specifically do affect children under nine, and as I said, mild to moderate autism.

So the interpretation in community spaces is that autistic people are the ones being moved out.

Absolutely.

It has played a role for my son, interestingly, predominantly through education, to help support him to be the best that he can be.

And as a result of that, it was said that he's teachable, he learns, and he progresses.

For us, it means that we're going back into uncertainty.

His next life stage would be employment.

So what does that mean for us?

And the other thing is, I actually stepped out of a CEO role in order to support my child.

Doing that meant I'm a less productive member of the Australian economy.