DDA Action Plan and Inclusive Community Plans

Obvius Access consultants have experience of providing stakeholder consultations within the community as well as within government and private organisations to provide strategic reports, such as Community Plans and Action Plans to meet the intent of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA).

The DDA encourages organisations to develop Action Plans under Section 60 of the DDA to eliminate discriminatory practices. Copies of these may be given to the Australian Human Rights Commission in accordance with Section 64 of the DDA . Registering an Action Plan with the Human Rights Commission allows people with Disabilities to see what your business has committed to achieve.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate, in the provision of goods, services or facilities, against people on the basis that they have, or may have, a disability. It also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the basis that one of her or his associates has, or may have, a disability.

A Disability Action Plan Should:

• Eliminate discrimination in an active way.
• Improve services to existing consumers or customers.
• Enhance organisational image.
• Reduce the likelihood of complaints being made.
• Increase the likelihood of being able to successfully defend complaints.
• Increase the likelihood of avoiding costly legal action.
• Allow for a planned and managed change in business or services.
• Open up new markets and attract new consumers.

Action Planning also needs to allocate the financial and people resources required to implement the changes .
​An action plan that is not supported by financial and people resources is destined to fail. We can provide Action plans with short term strategies (6-12 months) medium term strategies (2-3 years) and long term strategies (3-5 years). For more information on providing your business with an Action plan or applying an Action Plan to a Disability Access Audit contact an Accredited Access Consultant at [email protected] or phone 1800 952311 today   

Toowoomba City Action Plan

Obvius Access were commission by Toowoomba Regional Council to provide Access Consultancy services in for the provision of the Toowoomba Community Plan 2015-2020 Project 

Click here for access to our Projects page for a examples of other strategic reports, such as the community consultation Report and all public toilets in the Blue Mountains.

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Applying an Action Plan to your Disability Access Audit

 A Obvius Access Action Plan integrates all of the recommendation of an Access Audit into prioritised achievable steps and then identifies the action needed to implement each of these steps into eliminating discriminatory practices from your business.