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The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is totally committed to delivering the full National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as quickly as possible and sustainably, NDIA chairman Bruce Bonyhady said today.

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) today released its first annual Progress Report, updating the Australian community on the roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

At the end of the March 2014 quarter across all sites the NDIS had: 6,434 eligible scheme participants. 5,414 participants with an approved plan. People with a diverse range of disabilities have entered the scheme. These include people with: Intellectual disability Autism Cerebral palsy Multiple sclerosis Global development delay Developmental delay Schizophrenia Hearing and vision loss About 900 disability support providers are now registered with the NDIS. As of 1 July, NDIS trial sites will operate servicing the whole of ACT, Barkly in the NT and Perth Hills, in WA. These sites join four existing one-year-old sites in the Hunter...