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Submission to the Productivity Commission on Disability Care and Support
Published 2010-01-01The authors of this submission welcome: • the proposal for a scheme to provide long term care and support on an entitlement basis, • many of the accompanying features of the approach outlined, including the no fault basis ...Open AccessOther -
Eligibility, the ICF and the UN Convention: Australian perspectives
Published 2010-04-01The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Australia, acts as a philosophical and moral statement and framework guiding integrated and strategic policy across the nation. Broad policy agreement has ...Open AccessArticle -
Submission to the Productivity Commission - National Disability Long term Care and Support Scheme
Published 2010-08-01This submission encourages and accepts the premises of a National Disability Long‐term Care and Support Scheme (the National Disability Scheme): • No fault • Entitlement based • Support provided in accordance with need for ...Open AccessOther -
Productivity Commission Inquiry into a National Disability Support Scheme "Treat disability related to injury the same as other disabilities”
Published 2011-05-01The draft report Disability Care and Support contains an exciting vision of improved disability support for all people with disabilities, with provision as an entitlement to every Australian based on their need for support. ...Open AccessOther -
Submission to the Productivity Commission on Disability Care and Support 11 May 2011
Published 2011-05-01The authors of this submission welcome the Productivity Commission (PC) Draft Report and many of the key features of the proposed NDIS including: • the proposal for a scheme to provide long term care and support on an ...Open AccessOther -
Left Behind 2011: Monitoring the Social Inclusion of Young Australians with Disabilities, 2001-2009
Published 2011-06-01Adolescents and young adults with disabilities are at heightened risk of social exclusion. Exclusion leads to poor outcomes in adulthood which in turn affects individuals’ health and wellbeing and that of their families ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
The Well-being of Children with Disabilities in the Asia Pacific Region: Analysis of UNICEF MICS 3 Survey Data from Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Mongolia and Thailand
Published 2012-01-01In this report we have used data from the third round of UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted 2005-8 to describe the relative well-being of disabled and non-disabled children in four South Asian/Pacific ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
The need for new models for delivery of therapy intervention to people with a disability in rural and remote areas of Australia
Published 2012-03-01Early therapy intervention by occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech pathologists (therapists) is recognised to yield benefits across the lifecourse (Carpenter, 2007; Law, 2002; Thomaidis, Kaderoglou, Stefou, ...Open AccessArticle -
Integrating evidence into policy and sustainable disability services delivery in western New South Wales, Australia: the ‘wobbly hub and double spokes’ project
Published 2012-06-01Background: Policy that supports rural allied health service delivery is important given the shortage of services outside of Australian metropolitan centres. The shortage of allied health professionals means that rural ...Open AccessArticle -
Issues affecting therapist workforce and service delivery in the disability sector in rural and remote New South Wales, Australia: perspectives of policymakers, managers and senior therapists
Published 2012-06-11Introduction: The disability sector encompasses a broad range of conditions and needs, including children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, people with acquired disabilities, and irreversible ...Open AccessArticle -
Addressing the barriers to accessing therapy services in rural and remote areas
Published 2012-08-01Purpose: Throughout the world, people with a disability who live in rural and remote areas experience difficulty accessing a range of community-based services including speech-, physioand occupational therapy. This paper ...Open AccessArticle -
Carer and service providers’ experiences of individual funding models for children with a disability in rural and remote areas
Published 2013-01-01There is a global movement for people with a disability towards personcentred practices with opportunities for self-determination and choice. Person-centred approaches may involve individual funding (IF) for the purchase ...Open AccessArticle