7. Community attitudes

A person with their hand on their chest and other hand raised. They have a thought bubble with three dots in it.

Your attitudes are what you think, feel and believe.

A man supporting a woman. They are both giving a thumbs up.

We want the community to have positive attitudes towards people with disability.

We want community attitudes to help people with disability be:

A person with disability standing beside another person.

  • treated as equals

People with disability joining in with a community event.

  • included in the community.

Actions

A person teaching about disability. An arrow points from them to the State Government department icon.

We will share information about disability training with our State Government.

A supportive hand icon holding a person teaching about disability.

We will also support other organisations to:

  • run disability training
  • learn how to be inclusive of people with disability.

This includes:

A pair painting on a canvas together.

  • arts organisations

People at a gym using exercise bikes.

  • sports and community clubs.

Decision bubbles numbered one and 2. Below is a diverse group of people point to themselves with their other hand raised.

We will give people with disability the chance to take part in decisions that affect them.

This includes people with disability who are:

A family of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

3 people wearing cultural clothing.

  • from a different background.

This also includes:

3 women pointing to themselves.

  • women with disability

2 children smiling and playing together.

  • children and young people with disability.

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We will work with the Australian Government to find out if community attitudes towards people with disability change.