Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2012-2017 - Unilife - Curtin ...

4 disability access and inclusion plan 2012–2017executive summaryCurtin University believes in creatingequitable and inclusive access for people witha disability to our facilities, services, eventsand academic programs on all our WesternAustralian campuses. Our Disability Accessand Inclusion Plan (DAIP) affords us a valuableopportunity to signal our commitment toincluding people with a disability in our corebusiness. Our DAIP informs our students, staffand the public about the areas of access andinclusion on all our WA locations that can beimproved, and our strategies to address them.It also recognises there are many ways to dothis. Our strategies are designed to help uswork solidly towards achieving our goal ofinclusion and access for all.Curtin is required by a 2004 amendmentto the Disability Services Act 1993 (WA) toprepare and lodge a DAIP. The DisabilityServices Commission (DSC) is mandatedto receive the plan and to require annualreporting in Curtin’s Annual Report. Curtin isalso required to report to the DSC each Julyon the progress of its plan. A full review of theDAIP must be undertaken every five years.The DAIP supports Curtin’s Strategic Plan2009–2013 and the Teaching and LearningEnabling Plan 2009–2013, and will supportsubsequent strategic plans as they aredeveloped. The intention of the DAIP is toensure people with a disability can accesseducation and services in a way that facilitatesindependence, opportunities and inclusionat Curtin. The six outcomes of the plan havebeen prescribed by the DSC. Curtin voluntarilyadded Outcome 7 to include employment ofpeople with a disability at Curtin in its2007–2011 DAIP, and this is continued inthe new plan.The DAIP will be implemented in AnnualActivity Plans, which have had wide input fromCurtin staff – in particular, from the DisabilityAccess and Inclusion Plan ImplementationCommittee (DAIPIC).This plan replaces Curtin’s 2007–2011DAIP. The strategies identified to achievethe prescribed DAIP outcomes have beendeveloped following a comprehensive reviewand community consultation process involvingstudents, staff and visitors, conductedbetween April and September 2011.