Disability Action Plan for the
Hobsons Bay City Council
2008 to 2012
1. The community will be accessible
- Nearly all the paths in the community will be safe and easy to use. This includes paths in parks.
- Car parking will be in the right place. There will be safe and easy to use paths around the car parks
- New buildings and changes to all buildings will follow the law, called the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
- Some new houses for people with a disability will be accessible. The Council will help developers and builders with this.
- The Council will tell people that transport must be accessible, reliable and cheap.
2. The community will get information they can understand.
The Council will:
- Have information in different ways, for example, easy English, large print and audio
- Have more easy to read signs in the community
- Give people with a disability information they can understand
- Have a way for people with a disability to ask for information or talk to the Council
3. The Hobsons Bay community will be fair for everyone
The council will:
- Make direct support services better for people with a disability, their families and carers
- Help their sports and social clubs to include people with a disability
- Have libraries that are more accessible, for example, ramps, toilets, computers and accessible information
- Tell people that there should be good health services and support for people in Hobsons Bay
- Tell people that people with a disability should have the chance to learn
- Make sure that all Council departments give good services to people with a disability
4. The community will include people with a disability
The Council will:
- Help people with a disability to join in with fun, social and cultural activities
- Employ people with a disability. Ask local businesses to employ people with a disability
- Tell local business to give the same service to all people in the community
- Ask all people to volunteer
- Ask people with a disability to be leaders in the community
- Give the community good stories and pictures about people with a disability
You can look at the original plan. It is called the Hobsons Bay City Council, Disability Action Plan 2008 – 2012, summary. To get this document, go to the website www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au.
Easy English produced July 2008 by the Communication Resource Centre. A service of Scope.
Phone (03) 9843 2000.
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