Disability Access and Inclusion Plan: Office of the Information Commissioner

The Disability Services Act 1993 defines that disability is any continuing condition that restricts everyday activities.  Disability can affect a person’s capacity to communicate, interact with others, learn and get about independently.

Types of disability include:

• Sensory - affecting vision and/or hearing.
• Neurological - affecting a person’s ability to control their movements.
• Physical - affecting mobility and/or a person’s ability to use their upper or lower body.
• Intellectual - affecting a person’s judgement, ability to learn and communicate.
• Cognitive - affecting a person’s thought processes, personality and memory resulting.
• Psychiatric - affecting a person’s emotions, thought processes and behaviour.

The Office of the Information Commissioner will, whenever required, consult with people with a disability, their families, carers, and disability organisations to ensure that barriers to access and inclusion are addressed appropriately.

Access and Inclusion Policy Statement

The OIC is committed to achieving the seven desired outcomes of the DAIP.

1. People with a disability have the same opportunities as other people to access the services of, and any events organised by, a public authority.
2. People with a disability have the same opportunities as other people to access the buildings and other facilities of a public authority.
3. People with a disability receive information from a public authority in a format that will enable them to access the information as readily as other people are able to access it.
4. People with a disability receive the same level and quality of service from the staff of a public authority as other people receive from the staff of that public authority.
5. People with a disability have the same opportunities as other people to make complaints to a public authority.
6. People with a disability have the same opportunities as other people to participate in any public consultation by a public authority.
7. People with a disability have the same opportunities as other people to obtain and maintain employment with a public authority.