Women with Disabilities ACT, Advocacy for Inclusion and ACT Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability have issued a joint submission with our shared priorities and expectations for the coming ACT Budget.
Our priority areas for this year are:
- Improved whole of Government responses for people with disability
- Coordinated case management
- Implement the ACT Disability Health Strategy
- Improved access to housing
- Support package for parents with a disability
- Intersectional approach to violence prevention
We also set out funding requests for the budget to ensure that Disabled People’s Organisations can give sustainable and improved advocacy responses for people with disabilities.
You can read our submissions below.