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Disability Inclusion Action Planning resources
The NSW Disability Inclusion Plan provides direction to government and a framework for partnership with people with disability, key agencies and members of the community.
Disability Inclusion Action Plans operationalise the four focus areas of the NSW Disability Inclusion Plan and provide an approach to addressing issues through engagement, planning and co-design of solutions.
The resources on this page are provided to assist in the development of actions targeting the 4 focus areas below.
1. Positive community attitudes and behaviours
Changing community attitudes toward greater inclusion of people with disability.
Family and Community Services has commissioned a review of the evidence on disability employment (PDF , 1.4 MB).
Attitudes toward, and beliefs about, people with disability are important determinants of social inclusion. Misconceptions, negative attitudes and a lack of knowledge can affect many aspects of life for people with disabilities, including employment opportunities.
Research on community attitudes toward inclusion of people with disabilities, and employer attitudes toward workers with disabilities, indicates that stigmatisation is still prevalent.
Changing negative community and employer attitudes toward people with disabilities, and challenging stigma, is likely to make a positive contribution toward greater inclusion. This report presents the current evidence concerning changing attitudes and beliefs about people with disability.
Other resources
- Australian Human Rights Commission - Disability Rights
- Don’t Dis My Ability
- Office for Disability in Victoria - Inclusive communication and consultation
- NSW Council for Intellectual Disability
- Video: Disability Sensitivity Training Video (3:40)
- Video: Talk (part 1 of 2) - captioned and signed (5:40)
2. Liveable communities
Accessible tourism
Access to print and online information
- Access IQ
- Adobe Accessibility Support
- Ai-Live Captioning
- Australian Communications and Media Authority
- Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
- Examples of best practice communications (using Easy Read):
- Department of Communities and Justice Accessibility
- American Council of the Blind best practices and guidelines for large print documents
- Centre for Inclusive Design
- Microsoft Office Accessibility Support
- The Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities
- Vision Australia - Digital Access Consulting
- Video: Web Accessibility, Department of Social Services (3:21)
Access to environment
- Australian Human Rights Commission Advisory Note on streetscape, public outdoor areas, fixtures, fittings and furniture
- Australian Network for Universal Housing Design (ANUHD)
- Guide Dogs Australia
- Liveable Housing Australia
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3. Supporting access to meaningful employment
- Australian Human Rights Commission Workers with Mental Illness: a Practical Guide for Managers
- Australian Network on Disability (AND)
- Department of Social Services disability resources for employers
- Employment Assistance Fund
- Employment Assistance Fund fact sheet (July 2016)
- DCJ Disability Employee Network factsheet - Ai-Live Captioning (PDF , 120.5 KB)
- DCJ Disability Employee Network factsheet - Assistive Technology and Equipment (PDF , 28.4 KB)
- DCJ Disability Employee Network factsheet - Resources for Employees with Disability (PDF , 33.5 KB)
- DCJ Disability Employee Network factsheet - Stepping Into Program (PDF , 26.7 KB)
- DCJ Employment Forum - Summary Report (DOCX , 79.0 KB)
- JobAccess Australia
4. Accessible systems and processes
- Australian Human Rights Commission Developing an effective DDA Action Plan
- Australian Human Rights Commission Disability Discrimination Act action plans and action plan guides
- Australian Network on Disability - Disability Action Plan Development and Advice
- IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum
- JobAccess: Being flexible and making adjustments
- JobAccess: Developing a Disability Action Plan
Last updated:
08 Sep 2022
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