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Still outside
the tent
P
eople born in a non-English
speaking country have
similar rates of disability
as other Australians but are
about half as likely to receive
formal assistance, according
to a new Settlement Services
International (SSI) policy paper.
Attendees
at the SSI
Speaker
Series event
‘When
Disability
and Cultural
Diversity
Meet’ and SSI
policy paper
launch.
Sydney in February, questions indicates that people with disability
the goals and vision of the from CALD backgrounds have half
National Disability Strategy with to one-third of the rate of usage of
a particular focus on barriers and mainstream services that people
enablers for people with disability born in Australia have had, and there
Cultural diversity and disability from culturally and linguistically is no evidence to suggest that this
in a time of reform, argues that diverse (CALD) backgrounds. is a reflection of their preferences
The paper, Still outside the tent:
a more comprehensive and
It suggests ways forward for that
culturally competent response demographic to achieve greater social
is needed from mainstream and economic inclusion.
services to meet the diverse
needs of people with disability.
The paper, released in
Co-author of the paper, SSI
Research and Policy Manager
Tadgh McMahon, said: “Evidence
or that they need less assistance.”
The paper was launched at an SSI
Speaker Series event, ‘When Disability
and Cultural Diversity Meet: The role
of community in driving inclusion’.
www.ssi.org.au
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