Disability campaigner Peter Yeo
A FORMER AFL star, appalled by politicians' failure to commit to a national disability scheme, has challenged them to spend "24 hours in hell" as a severely disabled person unable to move or care for themselves.
Noosa-based disability campaigner Peter Yeo said the failure of the Prime Minister Julia Gillard and state and territory leaders to agree to National Disability Insurance Scheme would leave thousands of Sunshine Coast families waiting years more for help.
Mr Yeo, who runs the ZeroPoint5 Foundation, broke his spine at home after slipping on a wooden floor answering his mobile phone. He was there for 26 hours before anyone found him.
He said he wanted politicians at all levels to learn firsthand what it was like to be a high-level quadriplegic, totally reliant on a carer to move them, wash them and get them to the toilet.
"If there was a fire in my place I can't move. I would just have to watch the fire come and burn me up," he said.
He said Coast families with disabilities were waiting two years just to get a response from politicians after pleading for help.
"There are so many young people on the Sunshine Coast living in aged-care facilities. It is disgusting."
Mr Yeo recently held a rally in Brisbane where he was expecting 200. Instead more than 5000 turned up.
"People are really hurting," he said.
"The politicians don't understand. I want them to spend 24 hours in hell to go through everything that we go through."
Mr Yeo said he did not accept arguments from Premier Campbell Newman that there was not enough money to fund a disability insurance scheme.
He was particularly appalled with the PM following yesterday's meeting of state and territory leaders.
"The Prime Minister has failed to rise above partisanship, only reaching mates deals with Labor states for NDIS launch sites. This is a farce," Mr Yeo said.
"The Federal Government is clearly not serious about the NDIS when none of Australia's three largest states have been included for launch sites."
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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME
On average, every 30 minutes someone in Australia is diagnosed with a significant disability.
But as families have discovered, there is cruel lottery where the services and support people with disability, their families and carers receive depends on where they live, what disability they have, and how they attained that disability.
The number of people with a severe and profound disability on the Sunshine Coast is estimated at 10,700.
Source: http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/07/26/live-in-hell-for-a-day-sunshine-coast/
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