Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,

Shortly before 27/9/2025, a NDIS Early Childhood Practitioner for the Perth South Metro region wrote an email to a parent of a young autistic NDIS participant that said:
• “current available research does not show that the requested level of intensive ABA therapy support is more beneficial than evidence-based therapy”
• “It would also not be considered a reasonable expectation for a child to be able to engage with and process therapy at such a high frequency”
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, please provide all information, training, and advisory material that the NDIS has given to its NDIS Early Childhood Practitioners since 2021 relating to Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) or any other intensive therapy (early investment/intervention) for NDIS participants up to 18 years of age. I am especially interested in material the NDIS provided that may underpin the information above that was sent to a NDIS participant.

Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley (A4 Co-convenor)