On 17 February 2022, the Royal Commission issued a statement of ongoing concern about the impact of the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disability. The Commission identified ten areas of particular concern, including the way that people with disability are still not being appropriately prioritised during this phase of the pandemic in relation to health care, disability support and the vaccine/booster rollout.

The purpose of this paper is to invite people with disability, their families and supporters, as well as members of the wider Australian community, to share information to enable the Commission to better understand:

• the impacts of the current wave of the pandemic on people with disability
• the effectiveness of government planning to ensure the health and safety of people with disability when restrictions to manage COVID-19 were eased in late 2021 and early 2022
• whether responses by government and service providers to the Omicron wave have been effective in lessening its impact on people with disability
• the experiences of people with disability who have been affected by the recent severe flooding in Queensland and New South Wales or other emergencies
• what is needed to protect people with disability from new COVID-19 variants and future waves of the virus