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Environmental and systemic challenges to delivering services for Aboriginal adults with a disability in Central Australia.

John GilroyAngela DewRebecca BartonLee RyallMichelle LincolnKerry TaylorHeather JensenVictoria FloodKim McRae
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2020)
We discuss the policy implications of these findings with regard to addressing Indigenous disadvantage and how governments, service providers, communities, and Aboriginal people with disability and their families can work in partnership to address these barriers.Implications for RehabilitationIndigenous people with disability living in remote and very remote communities experience significant access and equity barriers to culturally responsive services that enable them to live a socially and culturally engaged life.Localised government and service provider disability policy approaches in Indigenous communities need to focus on both environmental and systemic issues.Greater investment in local remote communities is required to build the capacity of Indigenous families to support Aboriginal people with a disability to live a culturally and socially included life.
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