2001 - 2006

Update March 2003 – Achievement Against Outcomes

Note: Updates since December 2002 are in bold

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ............................................................................................................... 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... 3

INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................4

CALM Policy On Access ..........................................................................................4

PLANNING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES .................................................... 4

Definition of Disability...............................................................................................4

State and Commonwealth Legal Requirements................................................5

Planning Process .................................................. ..................................................5

PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................................... 5

Financial and Staff Resources ..............................................................................5

Employee Training....................................................................................................5

Community Liaison................... ...............................................................................6

Plan Review and Monitoring ...................................................................................6

OUTCOMES

OUTCOME 1
CALM-managed recreation areas are accessible for people with disabilities.........................................7

CALM buildings have improved access for people with disabilities .........................................8

OUTCOME 3
Existing CALM information and services are accessible to people with disabilities................................9

OUTCOME 4
Best practice service are provided by CALM staff to people with disabilities ...............................................................11

OUTCOME 5
Increased opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in public consultations, grievance mechanisms and decision making processes are provided…………………………………………...12

OUTCOME 6
NatureBase is as accessible as possible to people with disabilities and compliant with current accessibility standards………………………….13

FOREWORD

The Department of Conservation and Land Management has the lead responsibility for conserving the State's rich diversity of native plants, animals and natural ecosystems and many of its unique landscapes. On behalf of the people of Western Australia, we manage more than 25 million hectares including more than nine per cent of WA's land area: its national parks, marine parks, conservation parks, regional parks, State forests and timber reserves, nature reserves and marine nature reserves.

The number of Western Australians with disabilities is increasing. Surveys by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have indicated that 18 per cent of the population has a disability. That is about one person in six. Of the over nine million or so visits CALM facilities each year, it is likely well over a million of these visits are made by people with disabilities.

The benefits of accessible recreation sites will not be confined to people with disabilities. Others