Inquiry into Implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the Provision of Disability Services in New South Wales
Name: Mr Gregory Callow Date Received: 2 August 2018
i have had 3 operations on my right shoulder and 4 on my left, 1 on my back, 1 on my left knee. i went into Centrelink in Charlestown 1 hour after having an operation on my right shoulder for cancer and dragging a partially paralyzed left leg behind me. i sat down with the disability rep with blood staining my shirt because of the drains in my shoulder and was told i won’t have enough points because i obviously was able to get out of bed and make it to the meeting. i’ve never been treated that way before or been made to feel so low. so i try to have as little contact with anyone associated with disability at all. my days are spent in pain because my doctor is more interested in getting brownie points for not dispensing pain meds than my welfare. forgive me for saying so but the disability department to me is nothing more than a cruel joke. you asked for my opinion and now you have it