Our daughter Sophie works in the Sunnyfield ADE at Chatswood in Sydney. She loves her hours working there because of the social contacts with her friends & carers but she does not have the skills to work in open employment. She has no concept regarding her hourly pay rate which for her is totally irrelevant. We are aware of the financial difficulties that Sunnyfield has, with respect to currently maintaining the supported employment, as no NFP organisation can afford to run any enterprise at a loss. If pay rates are legislated to increase significantly, Sunnyfield will have to close the doors of the workshop & this will be devastating for people with intellectually disabilities. For by far the majority of workers, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. It's reassuring that there are people in the community who wish to pay higher rates for workers in ADE's. However,we believe that they do not understand the full ramifications of such legislation which will result in closure of workshops along with reduced social opportunities & feelings of self-worth.