Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1991 - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2     Requirements to be complied with in relation to the design and implementation of programs and services relating to people with disabilities

(see s 6 (2))

    1     Services should have as their focus the achievement of a better quality of life for people with disabilities, such as increased independence, education and employment opportunities and integration into the community.

    2     Services should contribute to ensuring that the conditions of everyday life of people with disabilities are the same as, or as close as possible to, the conditions of everyday life enjoyed in the general community.

    3     Services should be provided as part of local coordinated service systems and be integrated with services generally available to members of the community where possible.

    4     Services should be tailored to meet the individual needs and goals of people with disabilities.

    5     Programs and services should be designed and administered to meet the needs of people with disabilities who may experience additional disadvantage because of their sex, sexuality, ethnic origin, physical isolation or Aboriginality.

    6     Programs and services should be designed and administered so as to promote recognition of the competence of, and enhance the image of, people with disabilities.

    7     Programs and services should be designed and administered so as to promote the participation of people with disabilities in the life of the local community through maximum physical and social integration in that community.

    8     Programs and services should be designed and administered so as to ensure that no single organisation providing services exercises control over all or most aspects of the life of a person with disabilities.

    9     Organisations providing services, whether those services are provided specifically to people with disabilities or generally to the community, should make available information from that the quality of their services can be judged.

    10     Programs and services should be designed and administered so as to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to reach goals and enjoy lifestyles that are valued by the community generally and are appropriate to their age.

    11     Services should 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.

    12     Programs and services should 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     Services should be designed and administered so as to provide people with disabilities with, and encourage them to make use of, avenues for continuing participation in the planning and operation of services that they receive. In particular, programs and services provided to people with disabilities by the Territory and organisations should provide opportunities for consultation in relation to the development of major policy and program changes.

    14     Programs and services should be designed and administered so as to respect the rights of people with disabilities to privacy and confidentiality.