From: To: Community Affairs, Committee (SEN); Subject: sub975Submission to the Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013 3:20:50 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.
There are not enough support services in the regional areas. Access to recreational opportunities should be more available. The metro. area is spreading rapidly, and public transport needs to keep up with the trends.
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, Less red tape, with planning done locally by people who know their community, 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:
Life-skills, Recreation and community access, Accommodation options
I support the introduction of the NDIS.
People with a disability need to be able to access insurance schemes that will be most suitable for them. The NDIS is not a priviledge but a right to people with a disability. It is a constant worry for a carer ( just like me) just what will happen once I am no longer alive.
I agree for my submission to be made public