With the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
people with disabilities will be directly funded to purchase their own
services and supports. The NDIS will start launching in Canberra from
July 2014.
Your products or services might be just what people are looking for.
Many ACT NDIS recipients can't shop around for what they need, and more
than half aren't on the internet, so the Expo will bring you to 5000
people with disabilities in one location. Can you afford to miss this
opportunity?
Do you provide:
* Financial or legal Services
International experience shows that approximately 90% of people who
receive individualised funding seek funds management assistance. NDIS
recipients will be looking for specialists to look after their NDIS
funds and distribute them as directed. Some people with disabilities
also want assistance with planning their finances and managing them
properly. Are you a funds manager, law firm, or trustee?
* Recreation or leisure services
For the first time people with disabilities will be planning recreation
and leisure into their lives. This is one of the top 5 areas of demand
according to our research
<http://www.advocacyforinclusion.org/images/Publications/Decision_Making
/Control_and_Choice_Study_Report_FINAL.pdf> . Do you provide inclusive
and accessible sport, recreation, arts/culture, holiday or social
activities? You probably have something that NDIS recipients will want
to know about.
* Aids and equipment / modifications
No more waiting 5 years for the right piece of equipment, or vital home
or vehicle modifications. NDIS recipients will be allocated funds to get
the right equipment and modifications in place. Does your business do
home modifications - bathrooms, ramps, air conditioning systems, door
openers, railings, etc.? Does your business do vehicle modifications?
Does your business provide disability specific aids or equipment like
wheelchairs, mobility devices, beds, chairs or bathroom equipment?
* Accommodation
People with disabilities want to choose
<http://www.advocacyforinclusion.org/images/Publications/Decision_Making
/Control_and_Choice_Study_Report_FINAL.pdf> where and who they live
with. Do you provide accommodation, supported accommodation, accessible
or adaptable housing?
Are you a builder or developer who builds accessible or adaptable
housing?
* Support services or personal care
With the NDIS people with disabilities will choose who provides them
with support and personal care. For the first time they will decide how
their funds are directed and which organisations or individuals are
employed to support them. Do you or your organisation provide personal
care assistance like showering, dressing, meal planning, companionship,
taking people out and about, respite services or any of the myriad
personal care services people will need?
* Parenting or family support or services
Parents with disabilities are looking for supports for their parenting.
Guidance, in home assistance, mentoring, or someone to check in with - a
broad range of ongoing supports are required to support parents with
disabilities. These services do not currently exist
<http://www.advocacyforinclusion.org/images/Publications/housing/Advocac
y_for_Inclusion_Response_to_CSD_Out_of_Home_Care_Strategy_2015-2020_Dec2
013_FINAL.pdf> for people with disabilities; however, you or your
organisation may be interested in developing them or expanding your
existing services to target this consumer group.
* Domestic assistance
Do you provide domestic assistance services like cleaning, housekeeping,
shopping, laundry, etc.? For many people with disabilities reliable
domestic support is the key to greater independence and getting out into
the community.
* Education or employment services
Once people with disabilities can get out and about they will want jobs
or education. For many this is a high priority
<http://www.advocacyforinclusion.org/images/Publications/Decision_Making
/Control_and_Choice_Study_Report_FINAL.pdf> . Do you provide employment
services or supports? Do you provide education services or supports? Is
your education institution inclusive of people with disabilities and
ready to target them as potential students?
* Communications technology & assistance
A large proportion of the 5000 ACT NDIS recipients have communications
barriers and less than half are on the internet. Do you provide
equipment or software that helps people to communicate? Do you have
accessible devices that will get people talking or get them on the
internet? You might have what people with disabilities need to make
education, employment or a social life possible.
* Something else?
Think you might have something else that will support people with
disabilities to live more independently as a valued member of the
community? Talk to us about it.
If so, then you may have something that people with disabilities will
want to purchase with their NDIS package.
The Control and Choice Expo will bring together over 150 businesses and
charities to give people with disabilities an opportunity to see what
the market has to offer.
Become an exhibitor today:
http://www.advocacyforinclusion.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar
ticle&id=142&Itemid=239
Know someone who would be perfect for the expo? Share this email around
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