2006-2007 Annual Report - Disability Services Commission

3.1 Customer Profile and Trends
Service users with a primary disability may also have one or more secondary
disabilities. The following graph shows the total number of people who have each of
the listed disabilities—either as a primary or a secondary disability.
Type of disability of service users
2006-2007
14,000
12,000
10,000
# Service users
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Intellectual /
Learning
Physical Psychiatric Neurological Sensory ABI Other Not stated
Secondary disability 657 1,668 504 1,488 2,553 124 891
Primary disability 11,124 5,568 257 1,685 543 623 611 339
Disability type
n/a
LEVEL OF SUPPORT REQUIRED BY SERVICE USERS
The following categories describe the level of support required by people to
participate in various life areas:
unable to do or always needs help/supervision in this area;
sometimes needs help/supervision in this area;
does not need help/supervision in this life area but uses aids or equipment; and
does not need help/supervision in this life area and does not use aids or
equipment.
Many service users required continual or frequent support with daily tasks:
57 per cent of service users required support with self-care;
36 per cent of service users required support with mobility; and
56 per cent of service users required support with communication.
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