NDIS Arrives

The NDIS Arrives!

I sit here full of mixed emotions, form today the National Disability Insurance Scheme rolls out over the next three years. A scheme that acknowledges like all Australians people with disabilities are individuals and thus deserve individual tailored support to achieve their goals and aspirations. Support beyond what we need to survive.

For me that means support to extend my arts practise. A pipe dream eight years ago, a reality in 12 months time.  . . Only 12 to 18 months to hang in there.

Pride . . . I am proud of every person who stood up and said I COUNT! I have the same rights to access housing, employment, education, entertainment, sport and culture as everyone else in Australia. We call for the UN international humane rights laws to be up held. We call for the right to make decisions and choices for ourselves. We call to control our funding, not the government or services.

Our fight for our dreams and rights is not over (sadness), we now have to reshape our thinking and the thinking of others, while filling in more forms and getting our heads around a hold new would . . . while continuing to survive. The big day is bitter sweet.

Exhaustion while hanging in added my NDIS training needs.  Writing and rewriting plans. 

I chose to feel pride in the 100.000 of individuals who worked eight years to make life changing options a reality. A group of Australian citizens viewed as less than equals, incapable of decision making, decimated against in the workforce and segregation from community still occurs, tested our demonotartic power and birth a better way to do disability care.

With laws passed and new battle field emerges to educate general public and change historical views and perceptions. Bitter / sweet the war won . . . but the battle continues.

I STOOD UP

TO BE COUNTED!