From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:20:53 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.
Our intellectually disabled son is 33 and we have manged so far even though it is very taxing providing care and support every day. As we are getting older and less energetic providing for him becomes more difficult and we have no idea what will happen once we are no longer able to care for him full time or if we pre-decease him.
The main features of the NDIS that will make a difference to the community are:
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, 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:
Recreation and community access, Support for families and carers, Flexible in home/outside home respite
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
It ensures that people will be treated fairly and with dignity regardless of how they acquired a disability. It will give families some peace of mind knowing that adequate and appropriate support is available into the future.
I agree for my submission to be made public