From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:07:18 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.
Not enough support by those who are supposed to be supporting us. Not enough funding available. Too much of a fight is needed by a parent or caregiver to get tiny amounts of assistance. Not much choice at the moment. We are only numbers so their staff can get paid. We have to rely on charity from church…this should not be the case at all. Parents can not support their children by earning a living if you are a single parent family and have a child that no one wants to care for while you work….therefore have to rely on welfare and charity. Information on what is available is not easily accessible, my daughter missed out on the good start package because I did not know it existed until after she was not eligible for it. I had my daughter registered with DSQ while she was eligible, but no one told me it was an option….how many other opportunities were open to her that I never knew about because no one tells you what is out there? Campbell Newman is in the process o f getting rid of AS&RS. If parents can not longer get respite, do their children end up in the jail system because the parents can not cope anymore? NGO’s will not take people with difficult to manage behaviours. A lot of Govt. money is being spent with no real outcomes for families with special needs children.
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, Better access to education and work opportunities, More opportunities to participate in the community, More employment of people with disability and less reliance on social welfare, More rights for people with a disability, People with a disability can plan their lives and pursue their goals and dreams, People with disability can choose who comes into their home, 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, Less red tape, with planning done locally by people who know their community, Access to reliable information about support options, Removal of age barriers to services for children, People with disabilit y/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:
Therapy and allied health services, Equipment and home/vehicle modifications, Education support (technology/services/equipment), Life-skills, Employment support, Recreation and community access, Support for families and carers, Accommodation options, In-home care and domestic assistance, Flexible in home/outside home respite, Case management, planning and coordination, Crisis and emergency support, Positive behaviour support and psychological services, Interpreters and other communication support
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
I support NDIS because the system we have now is falling apart and has been for years. Too much money is spent in the wrong areas now. It is a basic human right to be able to know you will be safe and secure and in your own home and NDIS will facilitate this. NDIS IS NEEDED IN QLD. I could not choose only three of each of the above as every point made is most important to my family. NGO’s can not cope with what is needed from the disabled community.
I agree for my submission to be made public