Annie in wonderland

  This is a continuation of a series of posts I have done and I see that it’s something that needs to be talked about and that is the culture in disability service organizations and in particular in the office as we see that I had a comment saying that a person with a disability should never be seen as just a cash cow and if you are treated this way to speak up. Also, I have realized that the office culture regardless of the industry goes across all industries and it’s not just related to health and disability care as they are co-adjacent industries. We see that people are unwilling to admit in the disability sector that they are the problem and if they admit that the office culture is the problem this then means that they need to change, and change means disruptions and it’s not a disruption to the client as a lot of clients are trained to not complain or speak up due to fear of being labeled a complainer when this is what needs to happen we need people to speak up. Both Clients and

Disclaimer – That these are my own lived experiences and understanding from the research that  I do around the NDIS and health-related topics please be aware that it is informational only and not to be used as a substitute for professional advice or working with a Planner, Disability Advocacy service or talking to your Medical and Allied Health team.    So this is going to be an interesting one to write as I expect a lot of pushback from this post and we see that people need to be very aware of this when choosing a support provider or support worker, so anything around disability-related supports.  Disability-related support is a very tricky topic but in Australia, this is defined as support to help a person live a more ordinary life despite having a disability.   In   Australia, we have the NDIS ( the National disability insurance scheme [i] )   and it is a scheme that helps people with a disability to live their best life. However, it has spored a new industry company culture c