Disabled Australians could be left without the ability to regularly work or access medical appointments as a result of sweeping funding cuts, a senate committee has heard.
Revealed in May, social participation budgets in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be slashed by 50 per cent to curb the $50-billion-a-year scheme's growth.
The funding can be used for things like hobbies, grocery shopping, and getting to and being assisted with work.
Those with vision impairments and Down syndrome are likely to be most affected by the cuts, government modelling shows.
Greens disability spokesperson Jordon Steele-John said having community services "all mixed up together in the same pot" would stop many people, particularly those with Down syndrome, from being able to work or access meaningful group activities.
