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Nancy and her Daughter: they nearly killed her twice. I fought the system so she could thrive
Nancy is mother of a daughter with a severe neurological developmental disorder. She describes leaving hospital after two near-fatal incidents and spending years pursuing holistic therapies that she says have produced real gains in function. She calls out the NDIS for favouring dependence over independence and for rejecting therapies not recognised by local regulators. Nancy notes AHPRA restrictions on practitioners, and recounts taking her concerns to a Royal Commission. Despite funding struggles and bureaucratic pushback, she reports her daughter is thriving and she continues to seek new…
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