People from migrant and non-English backgrounds tell royal commission of challenges accessing disability services
ABCAnaab Rooble was excited to have the opportunity to tell the disability royal commission about the lifetime of challenges she had faced, but even getting to the hearing proved a "nightmare". Key points: The disability royal commission hearing has been focusing this past week on people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds Witnesses have told the hearing how cultural barriers add to difficulties they experience living with disability Language barriers were raised as a problem that many participants face when navigating the NDIS The irony was not lost on Ms Rooble that, on her way to the inquiry, the lift at Melbourne's Southern Cross station was out of order and she almost didn't make it. Ms Rooble was a witness at this week's disability royal commission hearing that is looking into the barriers faced by culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability. Advocate Esther Simbi told the disability royal commission in Melbourne that cultural barriers to accessing the NDIS include "stigma and shame".
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