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: Friday, 25 January 2013 1:12:03 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.
3 of us have disabilities and we don’t receive any adequate support. The current system only works for certain types of disabilities that fit into certain boxes. Services presently provided don’t offer us any support that we actually need. OBVIOUSLY different disabilities have different needs and CANNOT FIT INTO THE STUPID CRITERIA AND SUPPORT THAT PRESENTLY EXISTS.This is really obvious!
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,
- Better access to mainstream support and services,
- The ability to receive services when needed and in the way that suits the person,
- Increased ability to coordinate services to suit the “whole” person/family,
- Minimising the number of times people have to tell their story in order to get support,
- Access to reliable information about support options,
- People with disability/family will influence the types of support and services offered
The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:
- Therapy and allied health services,
- Employment support,
- Positive behaviour support and psychological services
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
Because it allows opportunities for the disabled person themselves to get adequate services they need instead of what others think they need.
I agree for my submission to be made public
Regards, Mrs Kaylene Connolly