FAQs

The NSW Disability Inclusion Act 2014 requires all local councils in NSW to develop and adopt a new Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) every four years. The DIAP must span a four-year period and set out the measures to be implemented to support people with disability to better access support and services available in the community, and participate fully in community life.

Disability Inclusion Planning is one way that governments, public authorities and all organisations can reduce and remove barriers for people with disability and foster a more accessible and inclusive community. 

Disability Inclusion Planning is about making a plan that outlines the intention and actions that public authorities will take to remove barriers in access to their information, services, facilities, and employment as well as to foster the promotion of the rights of people with disability.

Disability is part of the human experience. Most of us will experience physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological and/or cognitive disability at some stage in our lives – either personally, or in caring for a loved one.

The Disability Inclusion Act 2014 defines disability as:  

‘The long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which an interaction with various barriers may hinder the full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.’

The World Health Organisation (WHO) shifts the understanding of disability from a focus on impairment of individuals, to improving barriers to access. WHO identifies an individual’s environment as having a significant effect on their experience and extent of disability. Inaccessible environments create barriers that often hinder the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society on an equal basis with others.

All feedback and ideas will be taken into consideration. Your feedback plays a crucial role in shaping our new Disability Inclusion Action Plan. Every piece of feedback helps us build a plan with actions that Council will deliver that will reflect the needs and aspirations of people with disability in our community.

Between 9 February and 2 March, the community are invited to complete a survey.

Between 24 and 26 February, the community are invited to participate in a community workshop.