Josie Prioletti - The Great Debate - Has life improved for people with a disability

Has Life Improved for People with Disabilities? Wednesday 23 rd September 2009 1pm – 4pm The Great Debate

Aims
To acknowledge some of the positive changes that have occurred for people with disabilities;
To identify some of the gaps / shortfalls that currently exist;
To understand the impact of the changes (personally and from a service perspective).

Victorian State Plan 2002 – 2012
To enable greater flexibility, greater control and better outcomes for Victorians with a disability
The Disability Act 2006
Contributes to the achievement of the vision of the State Plan by
strengthening the right of people with a disability
Supporting their inclusion and full participation in the community
Includes key principles which provide a framework for the development of high quality disability services
Some Major Changes Victoria

Victorian Disability Quality Framework
(operation July 2007)
& the Associated ‘Outcome Standards’
This has resulted in changes to the sector which include
Access to Services
Individualised Planning
Information Provision
Complaints Processes
New strengthening bodies & roles to deal with complaints and monitor service providers e.g. Disability Services Commissioner
Some Major Changes Victoria (continued)

People with Disabilities are living longer
Amount of Service have increased; more than doubled in 10 years (Nationally)
Services have increased in the following areas;
Employment
Community Access Services
“For Profit” Services
More people with disabilities are accessing services (Nationally)
The Facts

Large unmet demand (Nationally)
Accommodation & Respite Services
Employment
Victoria recoded the highest percentage of service users (38%)
Data taken from current and future demand for specialist Disability services
The Facts

Of the five broad service groups, the most commonly accessed was
Service Users & Service Groups
Community Support; these services provide the support needed to live in a non-institutional setting, e.g. Attendant Support
Community Access; services designed to provide opportunities for people to gain and use their abilities to enjoy social independence

The different methods for managing demand, make it difficult to compare data between states e.g .
Some Registers are Incomplete
e.g. In Victoria date is not collected for all service types
Limited data is available on services requested by clients
e.g. Only South Australia collects data for all CSTDA service types
Data coverage varies state-wide in terms of who is included
e.g. The count of people waiting for services in Queensland includes only those people receiving no service or funding at all.
* CSTDA; Commonwealth State / Territory Disability Agreement
Limitations to Data

An opportunity to be angry about the lack of services to meet individual needs
Not a solution to the problem(s) of service shortfalls
Not only about services; e.g. attitudes, values
What this debate is NOT

Christian Astourian; Advocate & Board Member
Julie Philips; Manager Disability Discrimination Legal Service
Chris Asquini ; Acting Executive Director, Disability Services Division DHS
Adam Jones; Solicitor, DDLS
Break
Stella Young – Comedian, Broadcaster Advocate
David Craig – Executive Officer, Action for Community Living
Agenda

Josie Prioletti - The Great Debate - Has life improved for people with a disability

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