Disability Support Services issues engagement findings
Engagement on the issues experienced by disabled people and whānau using MSD’s Disability Support Services took place between 29 October 2024 and 22 November 2024. In this consultation over 1,500 people told us their views on the future of DSS.
This is the full report on that consultation.
Acknowledgements
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) would like to thank all the people who took time to share their views, insights and experiences with us as part of the consultation on issues experienced by disabled people and whānau using MSD’s Disability Support Services.
We sincerely hope that when those who participated in the issues consultation read this report, they will feel that we have provided a balanced representation of the range of different viewpoints.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank those individuals and organisations who helped us to publicise and promote the consultation. Without their help we would not have received such a high number of responses.
Contents
- Background
- Who we heard from
- Section 1: overview of DSS
- Section 2: assessment settings
- Section 3: flexible funding
- Methodology