Identifying the priorities of inclusion and mainstream capacity building for people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) and post-polio syndrome: Summary of results based on data for the Bundaberg area

The project investigated the inclusion needs, priorities and experiences of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and those with post-polio in Queensland and Victoria. The project aimed to identify a clear focus to take action on mainstream capacity building – that is, how to ensure areas of the mainstream have the capacity to meet the needs of people with SCI and post-polio. For the purposes of this study, ‘mainstream services’ are defined as those that are not disability specific including government funded services (for example, education, health care, public housing, transport and employment services) as well as services/supports provided by the community or private sector (for example, swimming pools, neighbourhood houses, men’s sheds, gym or theatre). In this way, mainstream services are those available to all persons, with and without disability.