Inquiry into the provision and regulation of supported accommodation in Queensland
Submission No: 164
Submitted by: | | (submitted by Queenslanders with Disability Network)
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This is a transcript of an audio submission received by the Community Support and Services Committee. It is not a strictly verbatim record, but rather an accurate record generated by the committee secretariat. The committee has determined not to publish parts of the transcript from the submission including: identifying information of the submitter and/or their residence; material not relevant to the inquiry; and words that may be considered offensive.
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Hi, my name is . I live at at . My mobile phone
number is and this can be Not private. Anybody can hear. It or listen to it.
I came to . From a lock up facility in the year 2016 and I think it was the best move I’ve ever made, the people here are absolutely brilliant. They’ve got me back walking and going to physio. I’ve had five strokes and I’ve just had nothing but good, good words and good vibes about and they’re [inaudible] staff support has been fantastic. They’ve got plenty of things here to do. The meals are great, the staff were good. Never too much to put themselves out to help somebody and I can see myself being here for a very, very long time.
When I came here, I’ve heard a lot about NDIS and we had so much trouble getting on the NDIS system until a gentleman by the name of came along and got me on the NDIS very quickly and I was very pleased and very gratified for what that gentleman had done and I still don’t think he gets enough gratitude for what he does for people.
Before I joined the NDIS, I found it very hard to do anything, but since I’ve been on it, my life has changed a lot. I go out all the time, I have travel assistance from the inreach staff and through NDIS, so if it wasn’t for them and , I probably would be like a mushroom in a corner. I go to physio now and I’m starting to get the use of my left arm and left leg back since my strokes they were they were completely paralysed but since through the NDIS and going to a place called with the physio lady called Sam she’s got me back walking good using my left arm, using my left leg and it’s been brilliant and I continue to go there and promote them all the time as the somebody with the same problem I have when I’m. Out in the shopping centres. is a great place to live and especially with community based activities that we do here. We have BBQ, we have mingle Mondays. We have a great chef that looks after everybody and the staff is just brilliant, I can’t speak more highly of the staff that. Is at ? Anybody looking for a new beginning, this is the place to come to.