Almost three years later, she is still fighting for the equipment she and Vision Australia believe will help her lead her life to be included in her plan. 

And she's not alone. The Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS handed down a 70-page report in December on the provision of assistive technology under the scheme.

Ms Wright's experiences also resonated with a room full of people at a forum convened by grassroots campaign Every Australian Counts in Bendigo today. 

The forum aimed to find solutions to the problems people in the region were encountering with the NDIS. 

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For Ms Wright, one of the fundamental issues was a disconnect between what the scheme was supposed to be about - enhancing the lives of Australians with disability - and how it operated in practice.

"NDIS participants do not deserve to prove and justify who we are and how we choose to live, and to have what enables us to be whole, independent, involved people," she said. 

Ms Wright has been living with low vision for about 50 years. 

She sought funding for a number of devices with the submission of her first plan.

They included a desktop video magnifier, a wearable device called an OrCam, and a keyboard and software for people with low vision and blindness.

The total value of the technology was about $17,000. 

Both of her plans to date have been devoid of funding for assistive technology.

"NDIS participants provide expert assessments with recommendations that NDIA planners reject, which forces participants to have to go through the review process, often many times over," Ms Wright said.

She has challenged the process and is still waiting on the result of yet another review of a 'reviewable decision'.

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Ms Wright intends to keep fighting until her plan better reflects her wishes.

But she said the process has been 'demeaning' and 'demoralising'.

"My world is smaller," she said of trying to navigate the world without the technology she has been seeking.

The existing ClearView CCTV device she has is borrowed, outdated and broken. And the magnifying glasses she has are rudimentary.

Meanwhile, Ms Wright's eyesight is deteriorating. 

She wished to share her experiences in support of the many, many people she said had been worn down by  being forced to prove over and over again why they were worthy of having their plan approved. 

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