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Disability Action Plan
2013-2017
Easy English
About this book
This book is about our Disability Action Plan.
You can ask someone to help you read this book.
Some words are in blue. You can find the
meaning of these words at the end of the book.
Go to page 28.
2
What is in this book?
What is a Disability Action Plan? 3
How did we make the plan? 5
Why do we need a Disability Action Plan? 7
What are we doing well now? 9
What are we going to do? 15
Actions to make it easier for people to use our buildings and services
16
Actions to make it easier for people to get a job 21
Actions to help people to be included in the community
22
Actions that help stop discrimination in our community
24
How will we make sure the actions get done? 25
How can I find out more? 27
What do these words mean? 28
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What is a Disability Action Plan?
Nillumbik Council wants people with disability to
be included in our community. This means we
want people with disability to be able to
use our buildings and services
get the information they need
get a job if they want one
and
do community activities.
We have made a plan about how we will make
these things easier for
people with disability
their families
and
carers.
It is called our Disability Action Plan.
4
The plan is about changing things so people with
disability can be included. For example
making it easier to get into buildings
making it easier to use
o parks
o swimming pools
and
o other spaces
making it easier to be part of community
events
helping business to give more people with
disability a job
and
more.
We need everyone in our community to
work together to make our plan happen
and
respect people with disability.
5
How did we make the plan?
We asked lots of people what they think about
how we can make things better for people with
disability in our area. We asked
people in the community
our staff
community groups
and
disability groups.
We asked
people who speak different languages
and
people from indigenous communities.
All of these people helped us make the plan.
6
We spoke to people in different ways. We spoke
to people
at meetings
on the telephone
by email
and
face to face.
We used all this information to make our plan.
7
Why do we need a Disability Action
Plan?
Lots of people who live in Nillumbik have a
disability.
There are also lots of older people who live in
Nillumbik. There will be more older people each
year.
Sometimes older people have a disability too.
People with disability and older people can find it
harder to
get around
use services
and
get information they need.
8
There are laws that say people with disability and
their carers must be treated the same as
everyone else. These laws are made by the
government.
It is part of our job to make a Disability Action
Plan.
9
What are we doing well now?
We are already working hard to make it easier for
people with disability to
use our services
to understand the NDIS
and
be included.
We asked people what we are doing well.
They said
We are doing a good job at our leisure centres
At our leisure centres we
have Disability Action Plans for the centre
we teach our staff about disability
and
we have communication boards for people
who find it hard to talk.
10
Our community transport is good
We have community transport that people with
disability can use.
We have Home and Community Care services
These are services that help people with disability
in their homes and in the community.
Home and Community Care is also called HACC.
We have Living and Learning Centres
These are places where people can go to
learn new skills
and
prepare for work.
Our centres have programs for people who need
extra help. We run these programs when we
have enough people who want to do them.
11
We have a Community Inclusion and Advisory
group
We talk to different people about what people
with disability need in Nillumbik. We talk to
people with disability
carers
and
disability support providers.
This group of people is called our
Community Inclusion and Advisory
Committee and Community Network.
You can ask to join this group if you want to
Phone 9433 3111
12
We have some accessible playgrounds and
walking trails
We are also working on making our buildings
more accessible.
We help make events more accessible
We have an Access Resources Kit for people
who are having an event in Nillumbik. This helps
them to make the event more accessible.
We have help for people who are blind or deaf
We have special signs at our offices for people
who
are blind
or
find it hard to read
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Our customer service counter has a hearing
loop
and
we have portable hearing devices that
community groups can borrow for their events.
We work with businesses to make things
easier for people with disability
We ask businesses in Nillumbik to be part of the
Recharge Scheme. This means they have a
special power point you can use to charge your
wheelchair or scooter battery.
There are 25 businesses in Nillumbik who are
part of the Recharge Scheme.
We talk to businesses about being
communication accessible. This means they
can welcome people who find it hard to speak or
understand. They need to
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teach their staff different ways of talking to
people
and
have tools that people can use to talk and be
understood. For example communication
boards.
You can look for businesses that are
communication accessible in Nillumbik. They will
have this sign.
We have a Companion Card Scheme
If you need an attendant carer to go to an event
you can get a Companion Card. This card
means your carer can come to the event for free.
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What are we going to do?
The government says we must work to
make it easier for people with disability to use
our buildings and services
make it easier for people with disability to get a
job if they want one
help people with disability to be included in the
community
and
help stop discrimination in our community.
We have made a list of things we need to do to
make this happen. These are called actions.
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Actions to make it easier for people to
use our buildings and services
We will
make sure we talk to the Community Inclusion
team when they make plans. The Community
Inclusion team are people who know a lot
about making things accessible. They work at
the Council.
work with access consultants when we plan
and do big projects. These people
o have special training in making places
accessible
and
o do not work at the Council.
look closely at our website to make sure it is
accessible. We will make sure that it is easy
to use and understand. If it is not easy to use
we will make a plan to make it better.
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make sure that people can get council
information in different ways. For example
o braille
o Easy English
and
o DVDs.
let people know about services for people with
disability in our area. We will put this
information in our
o leaflets
o magazines
and
o on our website.
We will also tell people through our
Community Inclusion and Advisory Committee
and Community Network.
make sure that disability service providers
know about our accessible buildings and
services.
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work to make respite services better.
Respite means
o activities you can do
or
o places you can stay while your carer takes
a break.
teach staff about accessibility. We will teach
staff who need to know this for their job.
make a book for staff about how to
o write
and
o talk
in a way that is easy to understand.
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change our buildings to make them easier to
use. For example
o build more ramps
o make doorways wider
o and more.
work to make sure other places in Nillumbik
are accessible. This includes
o road crossings and ramps
o bus stops
o car parks
o and more.
look at our accessible parking to make sure
o there is enough
and
o ways to make it better.
20
make sure there are accessible toilets in
places that people visit a lot. These will have
o signs in braille
and
o paths that are accessible.
try to make all playgrounds more accessible.
We will think about accessible
o toilets
o play equipment
o and more.
look at our parks and walking trails to make
sure they are accessible. We want people
with disability to be able to
o enjoy being in the outdoors
and
o take part in outdoor activities.
21
Actions to make it easier for people to
get a job
We will
follow the laws about equal opportunity in jobs.
These laws say that people with disability must
have the same chance to work as everyone
else.
make it easier for people with disability to
volunteer in council activities. These are
things like
o looking after the environment
o helping at an event
o and more.
22
Actions to help people to be included in
the community
We will
support inclusion in the community. We will
do this by supporting events and businesses
that
o are accessible
and
o talk about accessibility and inclusion.
make special lists that people who run
programs can check to make sure the program
is accessible.
look at ways of making our Community
Inclusion Advisory Committee and Community
Network bigger and better. This group talks to
the community about what people with
disability need.
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look for ways to make it easier for
o people with disability
o carers
and
o families
to tell us what they think.
make sure that people who sell things on the
footpath are not allowed to block the way of
o wheelchairs
and
o people with disability.
make sure that
o all our community meetings happen in
accessible places
and
o information about the meetings is
accessible.
make sure that there are accessible paths
around our towns.
24
Actions that help stop discrimination in
our community
We will
make sure we have special
o jobs
and
o programs
in our Council that make our area more
accessible.
look at the Disability Action Plans for our
Leisure and Community Centres. Add the
most important actions to our Council Disability
Action Plan.
tell business why they should be more
accessible. Tell them why it is good for them.
We will do this by
o talking to them about accessibility.
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How we will make sure the actions get
done?
We will look at our plan often. We will do this so
we can
make sure we are doing the actions
and
make changes if we need to.
Each action on our plan has
a da te that it must be done by
and
a person who must make sure it gets done.
This person must tell their manager what is
happening with the action each year.
Managers must tell the Chief Executive Officer
what is happening with the actions each year too.
The Chief Executive Officer is in charge of the
Council.
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There will be a report each year that says what is
happening with the actions.
The Community Inclusion and Advisory
Committee and Community Network will keep
track of the actions too.
There will be another report after 3 years that will
say
what actions have been done
what actions still need to be done
and
if the actions are being done properly.
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How can I find out more?
You can ask questions about the Disability Action
Plan. You can ask someone from our Community
Inclusion team.
Phone 9433 3111
Email [email protected]
If you have a hearing impairment or speech
impairment you can contact the National Relay
Service and ask for the Community Inclusion
team.
Phone 1300 555 727
if you use a regular handset but
sometimes find it hard for others to
understand you
Phone 133 677
if you are a TTY user
Internet www.relayservice.com.au
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What do these words mean?
Business Indigenous communities
A place where people work and earn money.
For example
a shop
a service
or
an office.
People related to the first Australians. First
Australians are people who lived in Australia
before others came from overseas to live
here.
Indigenous people are also called
Aboriginal
and
Torres Strait Islanders.
Accessible
Easy to use or understand for everyone.
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Event Something that happens or takes place. For
example
a party
or
a festival.
Accessibility How easy to use or understand something is
for everyone. For example
a place
or
an information sheet.
Customer Service Counter
The desk at our Council office where you can
ask questions and get information.
Hearing loop A tool that makes hearing easier for people
who use hearing aids. This tool is used in
buildings and large rooms.
Portable hearing devices
Tools that make it easier for people to hear
more clearly. These tools can be moved from
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place to place.
Discrimination
Discrimination is when you are
treated differently because you
have a disability
or
are not included because you have a
disability.
Braille A special way of writing for people who are
blind or find it hard to see. You can use your
fingers to read the words.
Volunteer To do work without being paid.
Inclusion When everyone can join in. Nobody is left
out.
Hearing impairment When a person finds it hard to hear or cannot
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hear at all.
Speech impairment When a person finds it hard to speak or
cannot speak at all.
You can contact us at
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Our office Nillumbik Shire Council
Civic Drive
Greensborough VIC 3088
Phone 9433 3111
Email [email protected]
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