The federal government has released the model for its Thriving Kids program, aimed at setting up services and supports run by states and territories outside the NDIS.
New services will move children under nine with mild developmental delays and autism off the NDIS. Here’s what you need to know ...
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NDIS autism changes delayed as funding deal struck

Premiers and ministers have agreed to delay a program to get children with autism and developmental delay off the NDIS in a national cabinet meeting.
The deal will drive annual growth in spending on the $52 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme down to 5–6 percent, ...
Exclusive: The $2bn Thriving Kids scheme, due to start on 1 July, would instead start in October, after states said they were not ready yet ...
Anthony Albanese insists a delay to an early intervention program for children with autism is about making sure the government gets it right.
Huge questions remain about how Labor’s new program to support kids with mild autism will work despite securing a funding deal with the states.
When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was first launched in 2013, it was widely seen as the much-needed reform to address the discrimination, service access and social justice ...