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Check your DIAP against the Disability Council Checklist for DIAPs.
Submit a weblink to your DIAP by email to: DisabilityCouncil@facs.nsw.gov.au by the relevant date for your public authority.
This checklist has been developed by the Disability Council NSW as a guide to best practice in Disability Inclusion Planning. It is a useful tool authorities can use to check their DIAP before submitting it to the Disability Council and includes all of the essential requirements under the Disability Inclusion Act and other requirements that the Disability Council believes each DIAP should meet to ensure DIAPs fulfill their role of fostering more accessible and inclusive communities. This checklist includes the following:
1. Does the plan include details of consultation with people with disability, as is required under section 12 of the Disability Inclusion Act 2014?
The plan should include details about:
2. Does the plan have regard to and reflect the Disability Principles outlined in section 4 of the Disability Inclusion Act?
3. Does the plan have regard to and reflect the Disability Principles recognising the needs of particular groups outlined in section 5 of the Disability Inclusion Act?
4. Does the plan provide, as is required under section 12 of the Disability Inclusion Act, an explanation of how the plan supports the goals of the NSW Disability Inclusion Plan?
5. Does the plan comply with the Department of Communities and Justice NSW Disability Inclusion Action Planning Guidelines?
6. Does the plan contain strategies, as required under section 12 of the Disability Inclusion Act which:
7. For each of the aforementioned strategies, does the plan:
8. Does the plan provide details on monitoring, evaluation and reporting including:
9. Does the plan use appropriate terminology that respects the dignity and autonomy of people with disability?
10. Has the plan been provided in accessible formats, including:
11. Has the plan been completed within the relevant timeframe?
12. Has the plan been made publicly accessible (for example, published on the public authority’s website)?
13. Has the link to the plan been submitted to the Disability Council?
29 Jul 2022