Avoiding ‘Othering’: How should disability policy be established with Indigenous people?

There has long been concern and evidence that the NDIS, which promised so much for people with disability, is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) highlighted many of the reasons why in its 2018 submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into NDIS Readiness.

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Topics:
Human Rights, Inclusion and access

Author:
John Gilroy

Source:
Croak

Date published:
Wed 2nd Oct, 2019