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WWDA Submission to the Independent Disability Equipment Program Study

On 16 February 2009, Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, announced that his Department would undertake a feasibility study into whether a disability equipment program that is independent of telecommunications carriers should be established. A discussion paper entitled 'Feasibility Study into an Independent Disability Equipment Program'

was prepared around the Terms of Reference for the study, and outlined some of the key issues relating to the supply of specialised telecommunications equipment to people with disabilities.

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) developed a response to the Discussion Paper.

WWDAโ€™s Submission to the Feasibility Study into an Independent Disability Equipment Program (April 2009) is now available on the WWDA website in both PDF and Word formats. You can find it at: http://www.wwda.org.au/subs2006.htm

Alternatively, if you would like a copy emailed to you, please contact WWDA at: wwda@wwda.org.au The PDF version is approx 260 KB and the Word version is approx 200 KB.

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