To Roberta Bausch and The Disability Support Team

I am a Husband and Parent with two children that have disabilities.   They are in 
mainstream Schools one in a Catholic Primary School and the other  child is in 
Catholic High School.   Our Son has a Speech and Learning Disability  and our Daughter has an Intellectual Disability.  Our Son receives good support from the school for his speech impairment but has trouble recognising  and understanding 
other children's behaviour, he doesn't  always show or display the right emotion when there is a need to.  Our Daughter is Intellectually Impaired and has the same problem.  She also has trouble understanding the modified curriculum at High School.She becomes frustrated and upset on a daily basis from children teasing 
her at  school who have similar  needs to that of her own.The high school has a lot
 of children  with high needs, for example. There are over  200  children at her
school  35% have disabilities, that is 70 children have diagnosed disabilities.  At  our son's Primary school there is about 400 school students, 10% of the children
including our son and those who have behavioural problems have some form of 
disability.Building self-esteem and confidence is essential for personal development at any time, stage or transitions in peoples lives. It is very difficult to get our children into sports, soccer, netball or football the only other avenue to pursue is Special Olympics which is for people who have severe disabilities.Our  options are limited because of the lack of information to help find the appropriate
support needed for our children to a better quality of life.

To help develop their own uniqueness, creativity personal development, students with special and diagnosed disabilities and those who struggle need access to professional and early childhood services in and out of the schools  system. As  It is hard for mainstream schools to meet all expectations of such students.  This is because early childhood services  know the intricacies of their individual and complex disabilities. If approved they would be working together with the schools and learning support teams in mainstream schools for the best outcome. We need NDIS to support main stream schools from Prep- Primary-HighSchool and transition to workforce. Politicians on all sides need to be reminded that 4 MILLION AUSTRALIANS have some type of disability, and they all have a duty of care to support all Australians for all of Australia.

These are the recommendations my Wife and I have suggested to both Principals of our children's schools.  Both Principals agreed that they are good ideas and would be happy for a pilot program.  

*  Disability information book - similar to a telephone book to assist, direct and       
    support for parents, carers and schools.          

*  Disability information pack - available on enrolment or at any other transitional            
    stage during a student's schooling. example- coloured coded flow chart on
    what  educational and health services are available to support parents, carers 
    and schools. example:
    0 - 5 years old - red
    6 - 12 years old - yellow
   13 - 15 years old - green
   16 + transition to work force - purple

 What are the obligations of NDIS and how would they support main stream      Schools with children that have physical, intellectual, learning and other    disabilities and those that have behaviour problems.
    
Will NDIS develop a  clear policy that is easy for all Australians to read and understand and when will it be available.

I look forward to hearing a response from you.
Kind Regards