Support for families and carers of people with a disability

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To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); lj

Subject: Spam: Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:48:41 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.

Lack of sleep for primary carers.

The main features of the NDIS that will make a difference to the community are:

Increased ability to coordinate services to suit the “whole” person/family, Removal of age barriers to services for children, People with disability/family will influence the types of support and services offered

The most important services for the NDIS to provide are:

Support for families and carers, In-home care and domestic assistance, Crisis and emergency support

I support the introduction of the NDIS.

Because it will improve independence and management of support for adults with a disability and improve support for primary carers of people with a disability. Without the NDIS Australia is asking too much of carers and I want to see us share the responsibility of care for people with a disability.

I agree for my submission to be made public

Regards,

Ms Laura Maddock