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Disability Care and Support Inquiry
By Carol Birks MND Australia
August 16, 2010
By Carol Birks MND Australia
August 16, 2010
MND Australia has made a submission to the Productivity Commision's Disability Care and support inquiry.
MND Australia welcomes this once in a lifetime opportunity to change the lives of people living with a disability in Australia. For too long people living with progressive neurological diseases such as motor neurone disease (MND) and their families have not received the support they need to maintain their independence, social inclusion and quality of life. For too long people with MND and their families have had to wait for an assessment, wait for services to commence and then wait for an increase in services to meet their increasing needs. The complexity of the current system has for too long precluded access, equity, self determination, efficiency and coordination.
A National Disability Insurance Scheme represents the opportunity to make reforms and systemic changes to ensure that every person who has a disability, either from birth or acquired via disease or injury, will be entitled to care and support to meet their needs with no restrictions based on the age of onset. Read more
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