Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2012-2017 - Unilife - Curtin ...
Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2012-2017 - Unilife - Curtin ...
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12 disability access <strong>and</strong> inclusion plan <strong>2012</strong>–<strong>2017</strong>The consultation, conducted from July toSeptember 2011, was advertised or promoted:• in The West Australian on Saturday27 August 2011• in the community Southern Gazette• to all staff <strong>and</strong> students via email, blog <strong>and</strong>on the <strong>Curtin</strong> homepage• by direct offer of an interview to staff <strong>and</strong>students who had identified their interestin contributing, <strong>and</strong> to all DAIPIC <strong>and</strong> DAIPReview Reference Group members.The consultation included:• meetings <strong>and</strong> consultation with keycontacts including the DAIPIC <strong>and</strong> DAIPReview Reference Group• individual interviews with staff• web-based surveys for staff, students <strong>and</strong>visitors, using Survey Monkey• focus groups for students.A total of 94 students <strong>and</strong> visitors <strong>and</strong>76 staff contributed to the consultation.At the conclusion of the consultation period,<strong>Curtin</strong> provided feedback on its <strong>Disability</strong>Services website disability.curtin.edu.au <strong>and</strong>also communicated directly with people whohad requested a reply.DAIP 2007–2011 consultation<strong>and</strong> review resultsE-QUAL’s full report, <strong>Curtin</strong> University Reporton the <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Inclusion</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>:Review <strong>and</strong> Consultation 15 November 2011was tabled with the DSC on 23 March <strong>2012</strong>.The report’s executive summary finds that:<strong>Curtin</strong> has many strategies to improveaccess to its facilities <strong>and</strong> services forpeople with disabilities, but barriersto full access <strong>and</strong> inclusion are stillbeing experienced. These include lack ofinformation regarding level of access toBentley Campus locations <strong>and</strong> buildings;difficult <strong>and</strong> hazardous wayfindingaround Bentley Campus; emergencyevacuation of people with disabilities;concerns about development <strong>and</strong> useof <strong>Curtin</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>s; difficulty findinginformation <strong>and</strong> resources for people withdisabilities at <strong>Curtin</strong>; access to iLectures<strong>and</strong> some software, including StudentOne; insufficient staff awareness <strong>and</strong>skills to provide support for people withdisabilities; access to <strong>Curtin</strong>’s complaints<strong>and</strong> consultation processes; <strong>and</strong> concernswith recruitment practices for peoplewith disabilities.The review also found that <strong>Curtin</strong> has anopportunity to be a leader in this field <strong>and</strong>to become a benchmark in access <strong>and</strong>inclusion for other universities due to its staff<strong>and</strong> student commitment to an inclusiveuniversity community, its voluntary Universal
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