Three years after he was denied funding for a mobility scooter, Lee Eastham remains limited in his travel options despite winning a lengthy court battle against the national disability insurer.
The 60-year-old lives with hearing and visibility impairments in the rural township of Castlemaine, in central west Victoria.
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“I think it’s really artificial and undignifying to try and slice people up into a bundle of diagnoses or impairments,” his lawyer Mitchell Skipsey, senior solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre told AAP.
Mr Skipsey said it was “baffling” the agency would spent time and resources fighting a legal battle over the $7833 funding item.
“Lee’s case is not an isolated one. We know of many other participants who have been similarly refused supports the law says they’re entitled to,” Mr Skipsey said.
“This win will force the NDIA to change its approach to funding supports for NDIS participants who face intersecting challenges.”
