Community inclusion
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Disability Act 2006
- Providing information
- Community inclusion
- Access to services
- Planning
- Residential services
- Complaints and review
- High Quality Services
- Restrictive practices
- For carers and families
- Easy read information
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Information sheets - Audio
- Disability Act Announcement
- Contact Information
- About the Act
- Information Sheet 1 - The Disability Act 2006
- Information Sheet 2 - Participation in the Community
- Information Sheet 3 - Access to Disability Services
- Information Sheet 4 - Planning for People with a Disability
- Information Sheet 5 - Rights for People in Residential Services
- Information Sheet 6 - Rights for People in Community Residential Units
- Information Sheet 7 - Standards and Monitoring Performance
- Information Sheet 8 - Service Providers Registration
- Information Sheet 9 - Community Visitors
- Information Sheet 10 - Provision of Information
- Information Sheet 11 - Complaints About Disability Services
- Information Sheet 12 - Disability Services Commissioner
- Information Sheet 13 - The Senior Practitioner
- Information in community languages
The Act has key areas that focus on the inclusion and participation of people with a disability in the community.
- Information Sheet 2 - Participation in the Community
Overview of these three key areas
Victorian Disability Advisory Council
The Disability Act provides for the functions and membership of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.
The Victorian Disability Advisory Council provides advice to the Minister for Community Services on issues that affect people with a disability across all government services.
The Victorian Disability Advisory Council is a way for people with a disability to have a say in decision making on whole-of-government policy issues.
Most Council members must be people with a disability and they must come from a range of different backgrounds.
Disability Action Plans
A Disability Action Plan is a plan to:
- reduce barriers for people with a disability as community members
- make it easier for people with a disability to use services available to all Victorians.
The Act says that all public services - government departments, statutory authorities and statutory corporations - must have a Disability Action Plan. Statutory authorities and statutory corporations will be identified through regulations.
The Office for Disability is supporting the implementation of Disability Action Plans.
Public services must report on their Disability Action Plan every year, to make sure the plans are put into practice.
