No OTs, No NDIS is a national campaign from Occupational Therapy Australia in response to ongoing major reforms under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) that are restricting participant access to essential occupational therapy supports, undermining participant outcomes and increasing pressure on families, communities and our broader support systems. 

For years, we have persistently advocated on behalf of our members against NDIS workforce conditions that undermine safe, essential practice by OTs. As reforms continue to undervalue allied health professionals, more participants are going without the essential services they need, with conditions forcing  occupational therapists to withdraw  from the scheme  entirely.

The reforms fundamentally change access to the scheme and supports. The OT role is being removed from assessment  pathways, and their therapy role is being scaled back. Yet OTs need to remain central to determining what supports participants need and providing them..

This campaign is a national call to the NDIS and Federal Government to protect participant access to essential occupational therapy services and develop a sustainable workforce model that ensures people with disability can continue to receive the supports they rely on.