Web resource:	https://www.wdv.org.au/documents/wwda%20wdv%20pc%20response%20final%20draft%20for%20distribution.pdf
Type:	Submission
Title:	Submission in response to the Productivity Commission’s disability care and support draft report
Authors:	Women With Disabilities Australia & Women With Disabilities Victoria
Keywords:	Policy;Advocacy;Human rights;Disability
Population:	People with disability
Year:	2011
Publisher:	Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA), Rosny Park
Notes:	This joint submission from WWDA and Women with Disabilities Victoria presents eight key recommendations for consideration by the Productivity Commission for their report into disability care and support. WWDA and Women with Disabilities Victoria emphasise the need for the perspective of women and girls to be considered in the development of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and also for the issue of gender to be addressed in the implementation of the NDIS.
Contents:	Overview Key Recommendations 1. Gender, diversity and the NDIS 2. How the final PC report can acknowledge gender 2.1 Overall framing of the NDIS 2.2 Access to, and collaboration with, mainstream services a. Employment b. Sexuality, Parenting and Reproductive Rights c. Health and wellbeing 2.3 Assessment and the NDIS a. Assessors need to understand issues for women with disabilities b. Safety and violence c. Women as givers and receivers of informal support d. Decision making in support arrangements 3. Persistent concerns from women with disabilities about the new NDIS 4. Recommendations 5. References
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17790
Physical description:	14 p.
Appears in Collections:	Miscellaneous

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