Ms Fiona Weldon:

There are many questions and many answers but to me and ILMI there is only one answer and it is real inclusion. I do not think we are talking about real inclusion here today because we are talking about services and segregating people and making them live outside the normal rhythms of life. We know from the NDA report on the national disability inclusion strategy that the next inclusion strategy must capture the lived experiences of disabled people in a meaningful way. We have a hierarchy of disability. Those with intellectual impairments are left behind. The Senator spoke of the provision of housing and the right for people to live in their own house, as I mentioned earlier, with supports. Fundamental to that is choosing who supports you. There are lots of documents and a support policy for developing universal design homes and communities. There is a 60% chance a new home will be occupied by a person with some form of impairment at some stage of their life. Most disabled people acquire their impairment. Most people lose mobility as they age. We are really good at putting people into institutions, historically, but not really good at asking disabled people what they want. We are really good at asking service providers. ILMI is about local representation, local DPO development and funnelling and resourcing of these spaces so people have a real voice. Those are some of the answers. There is lots more.