‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ Highlighted Within Disability Royal Commission Report
The Disability Royal Commission released its Draft Report earlier this week, detailing the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine regarding people with disabilities.
Tensions were recently heightened between Australia’s political leadership and the Disability Sector, with the Federal Government announcing they would deny any state or territory to ease restrictions at the 70% vaccination threshold, until all people with disabilities and active support workers have been fully vaccinated.
Miscommunication, counting the inadequate diligence and transparency on the government’s behalf to provide easy-to-understand information, further contributed to deepened ‘hesitancy and distrust’, not only within the vaccination roll-out initiative, but with the overall lacking support that lawmakers express towards the sector and Australians with disabilities.
On The Record presenter Madeleine Lombardi is joined in the studio with Fran Connelley, who is a culture and communication specialist with the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme), and author of the book titled ‘Workplace Culture and the NDIS’.
Together they sit down to discuss why vaccine uncertainty and irresolution remains prevalent within Australia’s Disability Sector, how the government can rebound to support those who hold priority mandated vaccinations for people with disabilities including support workers, and whether individuals with certain impairments suffer from more increased side effects post vaccine treatment?
