From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:45:56 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.
No access to community rehabilitation due to lack of public and private services and facilities. Are required to advocate to remian in hospital which is not what we want to do, or travel to Brisbane or Sydney for provate services which is not affordable. No continuuity of services from hospital to community. Very difficult to try and manage at home when the services are so disjointed and at times do not exist.
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, 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
The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:
Therapy and allied health services, Recreation and community access, Case management, planning and coordination
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
To enable people with a disability to receive the services they need in their own community. To allow access to rehabilitation, Allied Health and other services that are currently not accessible due to cost or lack of services. To give people with a disablity control over their lives and not be restricted by bureaucracy.
I agree for my submission to be made public