Going bowling, to karaoke or to the movies has become a regular Saturday night for Robbie MacDonald-Setchell.
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Before receiving his first National Disability Insurance Scheme plan in 2017, Robbie spent most of his time at home. Now, he has a support worker who takes him out with his friends.
Mr MacDonald-Setchell has down syndrome. He lives at home with his parents and after his dad David was in a motorbike accident in 1988, leaving him on the pension, there has been little money to go around.
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With his NDIS funding, Robbie now has speech therapy and one-on-one support to improve his gross motor skills through bike riding, swimming and attending the gym.
“I never thought I’d ever have to ask him ‘what time are you coming home?’, but now I have to on a regular basis,” David said.
David said he had the benefit of a great local area coordinator Louise from NDIS partner Social Futures, who had been great at understanding his son’s situation.
“If we could bottle her we would,” he said.
