If you think the disability insurance scheme is not your problem, think again

AT THE moment there is no automatic right of access to disability support across the board in this country. If your child fell out of a tree tomorrow and sustained serious brain damage, what sort of help would you expect and hope for?

He or she would be entitled to care in a public hospital, but once discharged, you’d be largely on your own.

This article first appeared in The Age 26 April 2012.