While ‘$99 million sounds great’, Budget’s not the remedy the disability sector seeks

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While ‘$99 million sounds great’, Budget’s not the remedy the disability sector seeks

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The Census shows approximately 1.1 million New Zealanders live with disability

An increase to disability support funding is welcomed, but ‘do better next year’ is the message from this sector, writes Alan Perrott

Disability support in the Budget, $99.8 million a year for four years, for cost and volume pressures on national support services $85 million over four years to provide changes to me
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Reference Jones B, King PT, Baker G et al. COVID-19, intersectionality, and health equity for indigenous peoples with lived experience of disability. Am Indian Cult Res J 2020;44,2:71–87.