Inclusive Australia is building a cross-sector movement to change societal attitudes and behaviours towards people from different backgrounds, perspectives and circumstances.
From the Executive Summary:
Australians with disabilities are now largely free to live in the community. Once shut in, many people with disabilities now find themselves shut out. People with disabilities may be present in our community, but too few are actually part of it. Many live desperate and lonely lives of exclusion and isolation.
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Inclusion Australia brings together groups across Australia who are connected with people with intellectual disability and their families. We believe it is important that these groups share the vision of inclusion in all parts of Australian life.
This resource provides practical tips for businesses on improving access to goods, services, facilities, premises and information for consumers with disability.
Describes tools and approaches that people with different kinds of disabilities use to browse the Web and the barriers they encounter due to poor design.
From the abstract:
" The intention of person-centred planning is to create a positive life plan by building on the individual’s valued relationships, aspirations and capabilities "
From the abstract:
"The article outlines how a group of people came together to explore the strategic capacity building and relationship between person centred planning, specialist services and mainstream services; and the levels of action and points of view to enable people with a disability to have the personal autonomy and assistance to live the life they want."
From the abstract:
The Our Ways to Planning framework ... is intended as a guide for Australian organisations to work in safe and culturally appropriate ways to assist and enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability to make plans about their physical and mental health, wellbeing and future
Supports and enables people with disability and their families to form a strong community in which individuals with a disability hold socially valued roles, have strong relationships and are constantly expanding their boundaries.
The US-based Social Role Valorization Implementation Project (SRVIP) is a human service training, evaluation and consultation effort aimed at addressing the social devaluation of impaired and other vulnerable people in contemporary society.
Brings together information from a range of national data sources to contribute to a greater understanding about disability in Australia. prepared by the Australian Institution of Health and Welfare (AIWH)
Trainer’s Manual and Learner Guide designed to provide learners with the skills and knowledge required
to facilitate the empowerment of people with disability, through the delivery of services
driven by a person-centred, rights-based approach.
Women With Disabilities Australia is run by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities. WWDA aims to improve the rights, safety and well-being of women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities in all areas of life.
Explores how to bring about the cultural change required to ensure the safety of people with disability and how the voice of people with disability leads this change.
A communication toolkit and resources for people with communication difficulties, to assist individuals to identify and report abuse. Developed by Scope with the support of the Victorian Government
ASID has published a code of ethics to inform the education and training of direct support professionals. The code was co-launched in November 2007 during the Australasian-wide conference at Fremantle and the annual ASID DSW Conference at Melbourne.
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a guide for disability service providers and support workers who provide support to people with a disability.
The purpose of this guide is to assist disability services workers and providers to accommodate a person’s preference for a male or female to provide personal care, where possible.
All people, including people with a disability have the right to feel safe and to be treated with dignity, particularly when they require assistance with personal care.
The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability.
