Adult with Autism and sons with Autism, ODD ADHD and SRBD struggling to access services

From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Spam: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Friday, 21 December 2012 4:35:14 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 adult with Autism and have a son with Autism also and another son with ODD ADHD and SRBD and doing on my own its a huge struggle with their father who is in denail and services that they should have got at a younger age did not as could not afford to do it.

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, Removal of age barriers to services for children

The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:

Education support (technology/services/equipment), Life-skills, Support for families and carers, In-home care and domestic assistance, Flexible in home/outside home respite

I support the introduction of the NDIS.

because we deserve better

I agree for my submission to be made public

Regards,

ms julie steele