NDIS FUNDING FOR ART AND MUSIC THERAPY

I’m very concerned about the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) changes announced to music and art therapy, and about the impact of the changes for people in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Nepean region who benefit from these therapies, and the therapists who provide them. 

The people who do this work are highly trained and the valuable work they do should be respected.

I am fortunate to have music and art therapists living and serving my community, plus Noro Music Therapy (a not for profit registered charity) and Western Sydney University delivering the two-year postgraduate Creative Music Therapy course located nearby in Penrith.

I support the NDIA taking a rigorous, evidence-based approach in determining which therapies it funds. 

I’m confident that any analysis will find that there is a strong and longstanding evidence base for the efficacy of art and music therapy.

I will be supporting music and art therapists from my community as they work to demonstrate this to the NDIA.