20 August 2026
Bryn is 16 and has never eaten a meal. His mother’s terrified the newly-cut NDIS won’t ‘step up to keep him alive’

Sweeping changes, condemned by disability advocates, mean some scheme participants’ funding will be reduced by 99% He loves playing in the water on hot Ipswich days, going through the car wash with his mum and zooming down slides with his siblings. He has also never eaten food. Bryn’s disability and gastrointestinal problems mean that he has been tube-fed since infancy.
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