Sarah Basford Canales and Stephanie Convery

Chair of Actuaries Institute committee says money could go towards establishing early intervention programs for those with developmental delays

Anne Connolly

The head of the government watchdog for the NDIS, Tracy Mackey, swore and said she might have to resign after she discovered she had mistakenly told the ABC the regulator had shut down a program where children with disabilities were abused, court documents allege.

Michael Read

Federal and state governments may have to find $3.7 billion a year to support people with mild autism and less severe disabilities outside the NDIS, but Disability Minister Bill Shorten says he is confident his overhaul of the scheme will save taxpayers money.

Phillip Coorey and Michael Read

The states and the Commonwealth will tip in $10 billion between them to establish a new scheme to treat children with mild autism and early developmental disorders, after the review into the NDIS said it must be reserved for those with significant and permanent disabilities.

Stephen Lunn and Sarah Ison

Joshua Haigh

A heartbroken mother is desperate for answers after her austisic son was allowed to starve to death in hospital.

A mother is calling for an investigation into the failings at a major Queensland hospital after her autistic son died from starvation while under the care of its doctors.

Stewart Kelly, 45, died at Robina Hospital in August last year from starvation and dehydration during a 33-day admission.

Amber Schultz

Children with neurodevelopmental delays risk having the number of supports they access slashed by two-thirds if new restrictions are brought into the National Disability Insurance Scheme to address cost blowouts, a new paper has found.