Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 12, 24, 28, 40]
[Heading inserted by No. 57 of 2004 s. 33.]
1. Programmes and services are to focus on
achieving positive outcomes for people with disabilities, such as increased
independence, employment opportunities and inclusion within the community.
2. Programmes and services are to contribute to
ensuring that the conditions of the every day life of people with disabilities
are the same as, or as close as possible to, 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 tailored to
meet the individual needs and goals of the people with disabilities receiving
those programmes and services.
5. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to meet the needs of people with disabilities who
experience additional barriers as a result of their age, gender,
aboriginality, culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds or geographic
location.
6. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to promote recognition of the competence of, and enhance
the community perception of, people with disabilities.
7. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to promote the participation of people with disabilities in
the life of the local community through maximum physical, social, economic,
emotional, intellectual 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
disabilities who use their services, the advocates of such people, 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 disabilities to
reach goals and enjoy lifestyles which are valued by the community.
11. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to ensure that people with disabilities have access to
advocacy support where necessary to ensure adequate participation in decision
making about the services they receive or are seeking.
12. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to ensure that appropriate avenues exist for people with
disabilities to raise, and have resolved, any grievances about services.
13. Programmes and services are to be designed and
implemented as part of local coordinated service systems and integrated with
services generally available to members of the community. Public sector
agencies are to develop, plan and deliver disability programmes and services
in a coordinated and pro-active way.
14. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to respect the rights of people with disabilities to
privacy and confidentiality.
15. Programmes and services are to have regard for
the benefits of activities that prevent the occurrence or worsening of
disabilities and are to plan for the needs of such activities.
16. Programmes and services are to be designed and
implemented to —
(a)
consider the implications for the families and carers of people with
disabilities;
(b)
recognise the demands on the families of people with disabilities; and
(c) take
into account the implications for, and demands on, the families and carers of
people with disabilities.
17. Programmes and services are to be designed and
administered so as to —
(a)
provide people with disabilities with, and encourage them to make use of, ways
of participating continually in the planning, operation and evaluation of
services they receive; and
(b)
provide for people with disabilities to be consulted about the development of
major policy, programme or operational changes.
[Schedule 2 inserted by No. 57 of 2004
s. 33.]