A public consultation is now underway to shape the next State Disability Inclusion Plan, which will be used to inform a new four-year strategy from 2024.
Community members can share feedback via an online survey or make a submission via email, with a discussion paper available for further information.
The new plan will build on the inaugural and soon-to-expire State Disability Inclusion Plan – Inclusive SA and will work alongside the State Autism Strategy. It will also be guided by the state’s commitments under Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS).
The key priority areas within the discussion paper are consistent with the ADS and include:
- Employment and financial security
- Inclusive homes and communities
- Safety, rights and justice
- Personal and community support
- Education and learning
- Health and wellbeing
- Community attitudes.
In addition to the public consultation, the Department of Human Services is engaging non-government organisations to deliver targeted forums, workshops and interviews with people with disability and the disability sector to ensure their voices are included in the plan.
Once this consultation process is finalised, a draft plan will be created. Further consultation will then take place to make sure it accurately reflects the feedback provided and will make a positive difference to the lives of South Australians with disability.
For more information and to have your say, visit yoursay.sa.gov.au/disability-inclusion-plan by 3 December 2023.
As put by Nat Cook
With the help of the first State Plan, we’ve made some excellent progress toward a more accessible and inclusive community, but there is much more to be done.
It’s essential that the new State Plan draws on the expertise, experiences and advice of people with disability and those with lived experience.
We want the voices of the one in five South Australians with disability front and centre of this new State Plan to ensure it makes a difference.
