What is an Access and Inclusion Plan? The Access and Inclusion Plan (AIP) takes an expanded approach from the Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) towards creating a more accessible and inclusive community for all people.
The Plan benefits not only people with disability, but the wider community, including older people and families with infants and young children using prams.
The Access and Inclusion Plan is available in hard copy and in alternative formats, such as large print, upon request.
An Easy English version of the Access and Inclusion Plan is available to support people with disability and those with low English literacy.
Access and Inclusion Plan 2020-2024
Access and Inclusion Plan 2020-2024 - Easy English
The Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) is a legislative requirement under the Western Australian Disability Services Act (1993) (the Act). This requires all local governments to review their DAIPs at least every five years. The Act requires local governments to lodge their Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) to the Department of Communities and, at the end of each financial year, provide a report on implementation of the DAIP.
Achievements that support access and inclusion are reported yearly in the City's Annual Report available at www.bayswater.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/management-and-governance/quarterly-and-annual-reports
The Disability Services Act 1993 requires not only City staff but agents and contractors engaged by the City to deliver a service to the public to ensure they take the needs of people with disability into account, in a manner consistent with the Access and Inclusion Plan.
Guide for Agents and Contractors
The City of Bayswater Access and Inclusion Plan 2020 – 2024 guides our organisation to plan for better access and inclusion across seven legislated outcome areas related to services and events, buildings and facilities, information, customer service, complaint mechanisms, consultation processes and employment.
The Access and Inclusion Plan benefits people with disability, but also the community as a whole, including older people, parents with prams and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Access and Inclusion Plan 2020-2024 built upon the work already achieved by the City in its efforts to ensure people with disability and people from diverse backgrounds have the same opportunities as other people to:
- access the services of, and any event by, the City
- access City buildings and facilities
- access information from the City
- receive the same level and quality of service from employees of the City
- make complaints to the City
- participate in public consultation with the City, and
- obtain and maintain employment with the City.
Focus groups are friendly and relaxed 1.5-hour sessions consisting of a small group of participants who will share their experiences and views on access and inclusion with an expert with lived experience, Glennys Marsden.
The session will begin with light refreshments and a brief introduction from Glennys and the City of Bayswater. Glennys will ask a few questions about access and inclusion around different topics. Participants are welcome to comment on any of the following topics: buildings and facilities, services and events, information, customer service, complaints, public consultation, and employment. Questions will be around your experience of these areas, and how they can be improved. Glennys will spend approximately 10 minutes on each topic.
Everything you share will remain confidential, and participants are welcome to take a break whenever they need. There will be opportunities throughout the session to clarify and ask questions.
Afterwards, Glennys and the City will end the session with a brief conclusion.
Community members may attend any and all focus groups they feel resonate with their experience.
For example, someone who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and is a person with disability may decide to attend:
- the LGBTQIA+ focus group
- and/or the people with a disability focus group
- or the focus group that is open to all community members
This survey is available online and in hard copy and in Large Print. It is also available in Easy English to support people with disability and those with low English literacy.
To take the survey over the phone or for other accessibility requirements, contact the City on 9272 0622 or inclusion@bayswater.wa.gov.au.
Disability, in relation to a person, is defined as:
- total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions
- total or partial loss of a part of the body
- the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness
- the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing disease or illness
- the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body
- a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction, or
- a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour.
This includes a disability that:
- presently exists
- previously existed but no longer exists
- may exist in the future (including because of a genetic predisposition to that disability), or
- is imputed to a person.
A disability that is otherwise covered by this definition includes behaviour that is a symptom or manifestation of the disability (Disability Discrimination Act 1992).
Access is when people have permission, choice and the ability to enter, transport to or interact with a thing, place, or person (Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 – 2031).
Inclusion is when everyone in a group is involved and respected. Diversity is celebrated and things can be changed to suit the needs and preferences of the individual (Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 – 2031).
Community development is a process that helps communities to identify and address their own needs and priorities. The City of Bayswater Community Development team works with the community to empower people and create stronger and more connected communities.
The following suburbs are located in the City of Bayswater: Bayswater, Bedford, Embleton, Maylands, Morley, Noranda, and parts of Dianella and Mount Lawley.
For more information on the City of Bayswater demographic profile, see our Suburb Profiles.