What's New at Disability Services

Help us build a better website

To assist us make this site easier to use, we would like you go to the OptimalSort website (external site), where you can categorise the key pages of this site into groups that are meaningful to you.

The exercise should take no more than 30 minutes. Your results together with those of many other site users will be analysed to help us understand how our site could be better structured.

For more information about this exercise contact Joji Mori (9684 3470 or jmori@usabilityone.com) or Ross Mueller (9096 2110 or Ross.Mueller@dhs.vic.gov.au).

Quality Framework learning resources

The Toolbox of Learning and Development Resources CD-ROM and Digital Stories DVD have been developed to assist disability service providers implement the Quality Framework for Disability Services in Victoria (2007).

The digital stories and activity sheets from these discs are now available online.

Disability Act 2006 – Policy and Guideline Reviews

Disability Services Division has a commitment that all policies and guidelines developed to support the Disability Act will be reviewed within 18 months of the commencement of the Act on 1 July 2007. The Access Policy and the Access Policy Implementation Guide are now under review.

Any comments on these policies will be considered in their revision. Comments should be made by 25 July 2008 to disability.legislation@dhs.vic.gov.au or call 1300 366 731 or mail to Legislation Team, Disability Services 8/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000.

Disability Act 2006 Easy Read Information

Disability Act 2006 information sheets in easy read about the new law for people with a disability in Victoria.