This report sets out 17 findings and seven recommendations about the Australian Government’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as it affects people with disability, particularly people in residential disability settings and people with intellectual disability.
The draft report identifies three core problems with the rollout of vaccines for people with disability:
- The failure to consult with people with disability, disability support workers, disability representative organisations and service providers in developing the strategy;
- The lack of transparency in decision making – most evident in the Department of Health’s decision to deprioritise the vaccination of people with disability which was not communicated publicly for six weeks; and
- The failure to provide clear and easily comprehensible information about the vaccines and the rollout of the vaccines to people with disability, which contributed to ongoing vaccine hesitancy and fear among a group at risk of serious consequences if they became infected with the virus.
The report is available for download in a variety of formats.
Download report (off-site)- Topics:
- Emergency management
- Author:
- Disability Royal Commission
- Date published:
- Mon 27th Sep, 2021