We are Worth the Investment. NSW Council for Intellectual Disability Conference 16-17 July 2015. Ready to go, Robert Ellis, Queenslanders with Disability Network

1. Participant Readiness
People with intellectual and
learning disability
An NDIS Participant Readiness activity
funded by the Department of Communities,
Child Safety and Disability Services.

2. About Queenslanders with
Disability Network
• QDN is a state-wide network of, for,
and with people with disability.
• Focus on people with disability as
empowered citizens
• The network regularly brings
members together to provide policy
advice about important issues that
affect their lives.

3. Ready to go’s work
• Queensland - state-wide
• Helping people with intellectual
disability and people with a cognitive
impairment get ready for NDIS

4. Ready to go is aiming to…
• Develop peer leaders in their
communities with regards to NDIS
• Increase the awareness, knowledge
and confidence of people with
intellectual disability to navigate the
NDIS

5. The approach
• Co-design
• Peer facilitation
• Peer leaders
• Interactive and accessible processes

6. Our observations of
participants:
• Speaking up and having a
voice
• Learning new things
• Sharing hopes and dreams
for future

9. My life domains

10. Keep in touch!
3252 8566 or 1300 363 783
readytogo@qdn.org.au
qdn.org.au/readytogo
Ready to go NDIS