Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012
From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Saturday, 19 January 2013 11:01:35 AM
Please consider this email a formal submission by me to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012.
The current disability system has many problems that need to be addressed.
My daughter has Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia as well as other medical issue. She is now 7 and has been at school for a year.Two years ago while in kindy recieved fortnightly visits from a Speech Therapist, Psychologist and Occupational Therapist. Since starting school is not recognised as having any learning problems from DECD and is only allocated 1 hour a week through the school for SSO time. has been assessed by the WCH Occupational Therapist and is below average in all areas. is falling behind developmentally and the gap is only going to get bigger between her and her peers. We the parents have put into private Speech, private Occupational Therapy and she is seeing a psychiatrist every 6 weeks at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. What she really neededs is one on one time in the classroom to help her learn what her peers are being taught and someone needs to be there to show her step by step the process. is a very intelligent young child and her communication is letting her down. She is someone who has so much potential for her school, her community and for this country and without the government support she WILL get there BUT with the government support she would have access to all the programs every other disability funded child has and she wouldn’t have to ask the question “ why am I not as important“
The main features of the NDIS that will make a difference to the community are:
- Better access to mainstream support and services,
- More rights for people with a disability,
- Increased ability to coordinate services to suit the “whole” person/family
The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:
- Therapy and allied health services,
- Support for families and carers,
- Case management, planning and coordination
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
I support this Scheme but I believe a lot more disabilities should be added and funded for. My daughter has Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia and since starting school we have had no help form the government/ DECD and have had to go private with all therapies.
I agree for my submission to be made public
Regards,
Mrs Sharma Edwards