Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients
Published by The Conversation.
Authors
- Sophie Yates
Research Fellow, UNSW
- Eleanor Malbon
Research Fellow, UNSW
- Gemma Carey
Associate Professor, UNSW
- Jen Hargrave
The University of Melbourne
Extract…
Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability.
Despite an even male-female split among under-65s with a disability (49% female), only 37% of NDIS participants are women and girls.
To better understand what’s behind the disparity, we interviewed 30 women about their experiences with the NDIS.
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