DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SCHEDULE 2
DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SCHEDULE 2
[s. 12, 24, 28 and 40]
[Heading inserted: No. 40 of 2012 s. 22.]
1. Programmes and services are to focus on
achieving positive outcomes for people with disability, such as increased
independence, employment opportunities and inclusion and participation within
the community.
2. Programmes and services are to contribute to
ensuring that the conditions of the every day life of people with disability
are the same as norms and patterns which are valued in the general community.
3. Programmes and services are to be integrated
with services generally available to members of the community.
4. Programmes and services are to be flexible and
responsive to the individual choices and needs of people with disability,
their families, carers and significant others.
5. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to be sensitive and responsive to the individual and
diverse needs of all people with disability taking into account their age,
gender, religion, Aboriginality, cultural or linguistically diverse
backgrounds or geographic location.
6. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered to promote awareness of the abilities and contributions of people
with disability and foster respect for their rights and dignity.
7. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to promote the participation of people with disability in
the life of the local community through physical, social, economic, emotional,
intellectual, cultural and spiritual inclusion in that community.
8. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to ensure that no single organisation shall exercise
control over all or most aspects of an individual’s life.
9. Service provider organisations, whether
disability specific or generic, shall be accountable to those people with
disability who use their services, their families and carers, their advocates,
the State and the community generally for the provision of information from
which the quality of their services can be judged.
10. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to provide opportunities for people with disability to
reach goals and enjoy lifestyles that support their choices and are valued by
the community.
11. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to ensure that people with disability have access to
advocacy support, to enable them to make choices and participate in decisions
about the services they receive or are seeking.
12. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to ensure that avenues exist for people with disability to
raise, and have resolved, any grievances about services.
13. Programmes and services are to be designed and
implemented in an accessible manner.
14. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to respect the rights of people with disability to privacy
and confidentiality.
15. Programmes and services are to begin as early
as possible so as to prevent the occurrence of, or minimise, disability so
people with disability can be as independent as possible and participate in
all aspects of life.
16. Programmes and services are to be designed and
implemented to —
(a)
acknowledge, recognise, respect and respond to the role of families, carers
and significant others in supporting people with disability; and
(b)
respond to the views and needs of families, carers and significant others; and
(c)
strengthen and build the capacity of families, carers and significant others
in supporting people with disability.
17. Programmes and services are to provide —
(a)
people with disability and their families and carers with opportunities for
participating continually in the planning and operation of services they
receive; and
(b)
opportunities for people with disability, their families and their carers to
be consulted about the development of major policy, programme or operational
changes.
[Schedule 2 inserted: No. 40 of 2012 s. 22.]