Sch 2Objectives for services and programmes

Schedule 2 — Objectives for services and programmes

[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.