3. Advocacy issues
The quarterly data collection nominates 12 advocacy topics for organisations to record the type of issues faced by people receiving disability advocacy, plus a miscellaneous category of ‘other’.
Over the period from July 2012 to June 2016, there are observable increases in reports of people requiring assistance with disability services and the NDIS, and legal issues. We also observe a decline in the number of people requiring assistance with family issues, and leisure and recreation issues. Other issues are generally either stable in their reporting frequency, or fluctuate, with no clear trend evident.
Table 1: Trends in advocacy issues
|
Advocacy Issue |
Average reports per quarter 2012-16 | Trend |
| Disability services/NDIS |
184 |
▲ increasing |
| Education |
160 |
≈ fluctuating, no trend |
| Accommodation |
77 |
≈ generally stable |
| Legal |
76 |
▲ increasing |
| Health |
61 |
≈ generally stable |
| Family |
42 |
▼ declining |
| Abuse and neglect |
42 |
≈ generally stable |
| Transport |
29 |
≈ generally stable |
| Leisure and recreation |
23 |
▼ declining |
| Employment |
19 |
≈ generally stable |
| Built environment |
14 |
≈ generally stable |
| Gender |
1 |
≈ no trend |