The NDIS Review recognises the importance of understanding and learning from people with disability their families and carers, and representative organisations.
On Friday 30 June the NDIS Review engaged with the Community Disability Alliance Hunter (CDAH) and its members in Newcastle.
Forums like today provide an ideal opportunity to understand the important role peer support and people led organisations play in the lives of people with disability, families and carers.
CDAH is a peer support organisation, run for and by people with disability with the support of their allies and families.
CDAH is guided by its vision of an inclusive and just society where people with disability have genuine voice, choice and control.
Services and language needs to be strengths based and from the perspective of people with disability
CDAH actively promotes and facilitates peer support to assist people with disability in Newcastle and Hunter region to share their experiences, learn together and get the support they need to live the life they choose.
Governments need to be on the same page and work together to make sure people with disability can easily navigate the service system.
The consultation brought together CDAH and members to share feedback on:
- Challenges navigating the NDIS and broader support system
- How to improve the NDIS experience and planning process
- The importance of making mainstream services and communities more inclusive and accessible for people with disability
- How to strengthen the role of peer support, self-advocacy and people led organisations
We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to hear from CDAH and its members on how to improve the NDIS and the broader support system for people with disability.