Centre for Disability Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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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 ON THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME BILL 2012 TO THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS JANUARY 2013
Published 2013-01-01The NDIS is an important and needed reform to Australia’s disability system. There is much of merit in the NDIS Bill. Its implementation poses some challenges, to ensure a clear, sustainable and rights-based system, resulting ...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 -
Estimated Prevalence and Living Circumstances of Parents with Intellectual Disability In Australia from Selected National Surveys
Published 2014-07-01Analysis of SDAC 2009 data identified an estimated 0.41% of Australian parents had intellectual disability. This equates to an estimated 17,000 parents with intellectual disability residing in private dwellings in Australia. ...Open AccessReport, Technical