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: Thursday, 24 January 2013 5:14:35 PM
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.
I am a 52-year-old quadriplegic living with my parents 81 and 83. I currently get 41 hours of care through DHS with some respite hours provided by Independence Australia.
I would just like to know that in the future when my parents are no longer around I am able to get enough care hours that I believe I am entitled to just like tac patient to allow me to keep living in my home which would include overnight care? If that is not possible then it is not a level playing field and therefore discriminatory towards patients like myself.
Also if my parents too are in need of Homecare, which hasn’t happened yet they should also be entitled to that sort of care in the home so we can stay together as a family.
As it is right now there is so much doubt over my future and it would be nice to know so you can plan ahead.
Yours sincerely
Gary Allsop
The main features of the NDIS that will make a difference to the community are:
- Ensure support and equipment is available when needed,
- People with a disability can choose the types of support to use,
- The ability to receive services when needed and in the way that suits the person,
- People with disability/family will influence the types of support and services offered,
- Older parents and families will not worry what happens when they can no longer provide support
The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:
- Support for families and carers,
- In-home care and domestic assistance,
- Crisis and emergency support
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
I support the NDIS scheme because the current one is ridiculously adequate, UNFAIR, discriminatory and it is about time politicians started looking at ways to to help people with disabilities rather than feathering their own nest beyond the next election and they should be ashamed of themselves that it wasn’t done 25 years ago!
I agree for my submission to be made public
Regards,
Honourary Director of Spinal Cure Australia Gary Allsop