This first annual report for the Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework provides an overview of all measures being tracked under Australia’s Disability Strategy at ‘baseline’ – that is, when the Strategy began in December 2021. Moving forward, baseline data will be the point of comparison against which changes for each of the measures will be compared over the life of the Strategy.
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 (the Strategy) is a plan to make life better for people with disability. The Australian Government wrote this plan with people with disability. It talks about what can be done to make Australia more inclusive. If Australia is inclusive, people with disability can take part in everything that happens in Australia.
It will make sure:
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The Outcomes Framework says what needs to be tracked to know if things are improving for people with disability. This includes looking at what is happening for people with disability in key areas such as health care, housing, education and employment, and what is changing over time.
The Strategy aims to make life better for people with disability in 7 main areas. These are called outcome areas.
In each outcome area are things considered important to help make Australia more inclusive. These are called priorities.
To know if things are getting better, data are used to keep track of what changes over time. These are called measures.
The Strategy has 7 outcome areas. These cover things that people with disability have said need to get better if Australia is to be more inclusive.
The priorities here aim to help people with disability to have the chance to have a job and enough money so they can:
The priorities here aim to help people with disability live in homes that meet their needs and communities that are:
The priorities here aim to help people with disability to:
The priorities here aim to help people with disability get what they need from the supports and services they use so they can be:
The priorities here aim to help people with disability get what they need from school, education and training so they can:
The priorities here aim to make sure people with disability get good care and services when they need them, and are included in plans for the community so they can:
The priorities here aim to encourage positive attitudes towards people with disability so that communities will:
treat people with disability as equals
be inclusive
let people with disability take part in all areas of community life
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