NDIS and sex work
Over the last few years Touching Base has worked closely with People With Disability Australia (PWDA) on the issue of sexual services being appropriately funded as a reasonable and necessary support under the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) .
In this section you will find:
- a Frequently Asked Questions handout on NDIS and sex work that Touching Base and PWDA have prepared to help people understand why sexual services should be covered by the NDIS.
- a Frequently Asked Questions handout on including sexual services in your NDIS plan to clarify misinformation and misconceptions about including sexual services in an NDIS plan and your review and appeal options if the NDIS refuses to include it.
- a media release and Position Statement – the need for a NDIS Sexuality Policy endorsed by over 40 organisations, including all the Australian peak disability organisations
- information on the services Touching Base can offer in relation to the NDIS
- information about the leading New South Wales Administrative Appeals Tribunal case – which the the Federal Court has since confirmed on the 12th May 2020 – in which a women with disability has won the right for the NDIA to fund her reasonable and necessary access to sexual services – WRMF and National Disability Insurance Agency