From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Spam: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 9:41:16 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.
The current system is a lottery that discriminates against those people with a disability that isn’t currently the “flavour of the month”. People with disabilities currently have to make do with whats available rather than be able to say what support they need and have a service/program fitted to them individually. People with disabilities currently end up employed in “sheltered” or tokenistic employment which only furthers their general separation from the “mainstream” community.
The main features of the NDIS that will make a difference to the community are:
Better access to education and work opportunities, More employment of people with disability and less reliance on social welfare, People with a disability can plan their lives and pursue their goals and dreams, 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:
Employment support, Support for families and carers, Positive behaviour support and psychological services
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
I support the NDIS because I have a conscience, a heart and a brain, and I believe Australia will be a better place when there is more emphasis on protecting our most marginalised and disadvantaged people.
I agree for my submission to be made public