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Disability Future Directions 2025: A better future for everyone
The final content and format of ‘Disability Future Directions 2025: A better future for everyone’ is being developed and will be launched later in the year. Thank you to all those who contributed their time and thoughtful comments during the last round of consultation — people with disabilities, families, carers, agencies, organisations and community networks. The project team, guided by the Disability Future Directions 2025 reference group, have made every effort to consider all viewpoints and incorporate them where possible.
Achieving the vision
The Disability Future Directions 2025 document is of critical importance to developing a Western Australia which embraces and lives the vision for people with disabilities — All people live in welcoming communities that facilitate citizenship, friendship, mutual support and a fair go for everyone.
Three key areas have emerged as central to achieving the Vision.
- Economic and community foundations — making sure that people with disabilities have economic security and are able to live in well-designed and accessible communities and homes.
- Participation and contribution in all aspects of life — making sure the Western Australian community understands and fulfils its responsibilities under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ensuring health, education, recreation, employment, transport and other opportunities focus on people with disabilities.
- Personalised supports and services — making sure that the specialised supports and services provided for people with disabilities, families and carers attract adequate resources, have a strong community orientation, are innovative, flexible, and person-centred.
Disability Future Directions 2025 seeks to strengthen each of these areas and, by doing so, will benefit not only the increasing numbers of people with disabilities under 65 years of age but also the increasing number of seniors including those who develop disabilities later in life and need good access to housing, community living, supports and services.
Implementing Disability Future Directions 2025
Implementing Disability Future Directions 2025 will include the strong involvement of people with disabilities, families and carers; ongoing conversations, planning and implementation in partnership with all stakeholders; and commitment to track progress and respond to changing or emerging trends and needs. In the meantime, if you have any questions prior to the launch of Disability Future Directions 2025, please contact:
Kerry Stopher, Principal Policy Officer, email Kerry.Stopher@dsc.wa.gov.au, ph 9426 9296
