The nations peak mental heath body has called for a complete rethink of the way the welfare system treats people with mental illness, while rejecting a proposal that only people with permanent disability get the disability support pension. Mental Health Australia chief executive Frank Quinlan says that people who experience mental illness are often prevented from work by barriers that have nothing to do with their skills [and] everything to do with the sort of supports we offer them. #mentalillness #employment #DSP #disability #disabilityemployment #mentalhealth
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:17:41 +0000