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Defined Terms Business Plan SWOT Analysis Executive Summary Deliverables And Costs Snapshot Page To Benchmark Techniques
3.VII.(a) One in five Australians - 20% ie.
4 million are
Disabled.
The cost to the public purse, foregone potential productivity and low
QOL for the Disabled
are all significant.
The Business Plan Developer has cycled on +30 different days as a "Pilot" on the front of a tandem bicycle with 7 different vision impaired adults who were on the rear of the tandem as the "Stoker". The Business Plan Developer cycled >100km day rides with 3 of those 'Stokers'. The longest day ride was 127km from Cowan via Spencer to Wyong. Each of those 7 Stokers enjoyed the experience which liberated their daily routine. One of those vision impaired, Toby, suffered a further disability having lost 80% control of his right hand and 20% in his right leg due to a car accident when he was 3 years old. Vision impaired represent 1.5% of all Australians and 7.5% of Disabled. Hence, the Business Plan Developer has more experience than most cyclists in assisting the Disabled commence a RREA. A Federal Government investigation described a Disabled as "......a condition that in some way hampers or hinders a person in terms of their ability to carry out day to day activities..." The 2003 ABS "Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers" (SDAC) reported: (I) One in five people in Australia (3,958,300 or 20.0%) is Disabled. (II) Disabled is any limitation, restriction or impairment, which has lasted, or is likely to last, for at least six months and restricts everyday activities - ranging from hearing loss requiring a hearing aid, vision impairment - 1.5% of all Australians, to difficulty dressing due to arthritis, to advanced dementia. (III) 6.3% of the 21 million people who live in Australia suffer profound or severe core-activity limitation known as a Chronic Disability. (IV) Disabled persons aged 15-64 years living in households: (a) 30% had completed year 12 and 13% had completed a bachelor degree or higher - compared to Australians with no Disability of 49% and 20% respectively. (b) Labour force participation rate of persons with a Disability was 53% and the unemployment rate was 8.6% - compared to 81% and 5.0%. (c) Median gross personal income per week was $255, compared to $501 for those without a disability. (d) Median gross personal income per week decreased with increasing severity of disability down to $200 per week for those with a profound core-activity limitation. (V) Disabled 0-59 years account for 2,235,600 Australians is 11.3% of the population. Hence, Disabilities are weighted heavily towards the elderly. A person has to be 4 years or older to be Disabled under ABS Surveys. Disability Frequency according to Age and Sex - Section 10(a)(i) highlights that approx 40% of Disabled are below 18 or above say 60 years of age. Department of Family and Community Services, Annual Report, 2000-01 reported that the Commonwealth Government expended in excess of $6b p.a. to provide income support for the Disabled and the people who care for them. Main types of income support provided by the Commonwealth Government for people with Disabilities (and their carers) are:
The Federal Government assistance in 2000-01 to the Disabled included a further - * $500m in Main Support Services via Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement; * $279m for employment assistance and other services; * $101m to assist >29,000 people with an injury or disability receive work related rehabilitation programs; and * $7m p.a. to provide various incentives to employers to employ people with Disabilities. ABS "4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2006" dated 20/07/2006 reported - 1. People's engagement with their community, be they Abled or Disabled, enhances their feeling of Wellbeing and forges stronger community spirit.
2. The
following factors in the living environment of
Disabled may act as barriers to participation: 3. Personal networks are particularly important in supporting the integration of people with disabilities into the wider community.
Patently - A. the financial burden on the taxpayer of assisting the one in five Australians who are Disabled is enormous - Federal Govt alone contributes almost $7b annually. B. more effectively engaging some of our +4 million Disabled via a REA will - (i) facilitate the integration of people with Disabilities into the wider community; (ii) enhance their QOL; and (iii) reduce the financial burden on the taxpayer due to Interested Disabled Adults increased confidence to take on challenges, including pursuing greater work opportunities. C. providing a YELP Website and RECs to enable Moderate Limitation and Mild Limitation Disabled commence a REA is consistent with 1. 2. and 3. above. Schedule of 4 Million Australians with a Disability in 2003 representing 20% of the population identifies that some Disabled (6.3% of Australians) within each of the nine categories of Disability (in this Schedule) have a Chronic Disability and would not be fit enough to participate in a RREA. Whereas some others not classified as a Chronic Disability would benefit from most of the RREAs by strengthening their core muscles, thereby alleviating some back problems and strengthening heart and cardiovascular systems. Most suffers of Type 2 Diabetes, Asthma, the vision impaired and deaf people would seem to benefit from a RREA.
Peter Cullen's non-judgemental outreach work with
RecLink Australia,
Sporting Chance Day and
Choir of Hard Knocks
(recreational singing activity), which creates
'a process of involvement' by re-introducing sporting involvement to encourage,
dignify and create confidence amongst marginalised,
Disadvantaged 'vulnerable'
Australians, is testimony
to the merit of Abled Participants
Assistants helping
the Disabled
participate in a
LDREG.
It also validates the benefit of
Exercise to discourage
Recreational Drug Use by giving
people a purpose to stay fit and alert. RecLink also uses the
Recognise and Reward Winners Rationale by incorporating annual footraces which award medals for
category winners that provides 'purpose' as in such contests, the disadvantaged
and advantaged, are all equal. The
first
Homeless
World Cup was in Graz, Austria in 2003.
Since then Gothenburg, Edinburgh, Cape Town, Copenhagen
and Melbourne have hosted this tournament which has
grown substantially in just 6 years due to the
"foundations stones" of assisting the
Marginalised
improve their
QOL and
Contribution To Society. The
marvellous transformation in the
Self-esteem and
aspirations of many homeless adults due to opting to
take up Street Soccer [4 a side plus goalie] provides a
further template to the opportunities for the
YELP SPV
to assist the
Disabled
and
Marginalised
improve their
QOL and
Contribution To Society
in a similar way
that the 'backers' of
Midnight
Street Soccer
and
Midnight Basketball
has assisted many
street kids. In summary, tens of thousand of Australians who are Disabled, if motivated to, and with the assistance of a REC and an Abled Participants Assistant, could commence a REA in their local area provided a web based structure is set up for sufficient Abled Australians to assist them, as explained in the following Section 3.VII.(b). Section 3.VII.(c) then explains how the YELP Holistic First Business Plan incorporates Assistance Procedures and Offer And Request Forms on the YELP Website for Abled Participants to be granted Abled Participant Assistant status to assist Disabled Interested Adults where the Abled Participant Assistant's efforts are regularly acknowledged and publicised, with exceptional assistance recognised at the Annual Presentation Awards Dinner. |
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