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With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted all material presented in this document is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). The details of the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website (accessible using the links provided) as is the full legal code for the CC BY 3.0 AU licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode). This document must be attributed as the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2013 National Disability Awards Nomination Guidelines. Contact details Phone: 1800 672 682 TTY: Please phone 1800 555 677 and ask for 1800 672 682 Email: Post: disabilityawards@fahcsia.gov.au National Disability Awards Manager Disability and Carer Policy Branch DE2, Tuggeranong Office Park PO Box 7576 Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
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'The Strategy provides a shared agenda to help achieve the vision of an inclusive Australian society that enables people with disability to achieve their full potential as citizens' National Disability Strategy 2010-2020
The Australian Government hosts the annual National Disability Awards in the lead up to the International Day of People with Disability on 3 December each year. Celebrating the International Day of People with Disability and the National Disability Awards provide an opportunity to ensure that the achievements and needs of people with disability, their families and carers remain visible. The National Disability Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals, teams and organisations that have improved the lives of people with disability. Further information about the National Disability Strategy can be found at: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au
Awards ceremony
Contact for enquiries Phone: 1800 672 682 TTY: Please phone 1800 555 677 and ask for 1800 672 682 Website: www.idpwd.com.au Email: disabilityawards@fahcsia.gov.au Nomination submission Lodged online at: www.idpwd.com.au OR By email: disabilityawards@fahcsia.gov.au By Post: National Disability Awards Manager Disability and Carer Policy Branch DE2, Tuggeranong Office Park PO Box 7576 Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610 Note: Online nominations can include attachments with the following file types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF; however the size limit is 2MB. Emailed nominations can include attachments with the following file types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF; however the size limit is 10MB. Any nominations including attachments which exceed this size limit will need to be split between multiple emails and the same reference MUST be made in the subject line to ensure all emails are connected. Name and contact details for two referees must accompany each nomination.
Nomination attachments
Referees
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the website above or hardcopies, including Braille and Audio, can be ordered by phoning (freecall) 1800 672 682. TTY users please phone 1800 555 677 and ask for 1800 672 682.
An independent judging panel, comprising individuals with an understanding and lived experience of disability, will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Government with finalists announced in a national media release. The judges reserve the right to re-allocate any nomination to a more appropriate category and/ or to select finalists for Award categories 1 and 2 from any other category. The judges decision will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. A gala dinner and Awards presentation ceremony will be held on Tuesday 26 November 2013, in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra. All finalists will be invited to the ceremony, where Award recipients will be announced.
examples could include contribution across any or all of the National Disability Strategy outcomes areas, including disability rights advocacy; education; employment; health outcomes and promoting awareness and understanding of the rights of people with disability (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes (evidence of the impact).
examples could include contribution across any or all of the National Disability Strategy outcomes areas, including disability rights advocacy; education; employment; health outcomes and promoting awareness and understanding of the rights of people with disability (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
removing barriers from the physical environment, including public transport, parks, buildings and housing, observing relevant guidelines such as universal design principles in buildings, Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport, Access to Premises Buildings; or
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improving communications, technology and information systems that are accessible, reliable and responsive to the needs of people with disability and that observe relevant communication guidelines (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
strengthening participation for people with disability in sporting, recreational, social, religious and cultural activities, whether as participants, spectators, organisers, staff or volunteers; increasing participation in community and mainstream activities such as going to a movie, sporting event, theatre, parks or museums or on a holiday; and/or breaking down social barriers to enable emerging and established artists with disability to reach their full potential (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
promoting awareness and acceptance of the rights of people with disability; contributing to reform around the reduction of violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability; supporting independent advocacy to support the rights of people with disability; and/or
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providing greater support for people with disability with heightened vulnerabilities to participate in legal processes on an equal basis with others, including any contact with the criminal justice system (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
facilitating employer awareness of the benefits of employing people with disability; contributing to the reduction of barriers and disincentives for the employment of people with disability; demonstrating innovative approaches to the employment of people with disability; providing comparable rates of retention, working hours and pay rates for people with disability; increasing the employment of people with disability either within a team, organisation or nationally, including in technical, administrative, research, management or leadership positions; improving career paths for people with disability, including in technical, administrative, research, management or leadership positions; and/or implementing successful human resource management practices promoting the employment of people with disability, and thereby promoting the benefits of employment of people with disability which could be replicated nationally (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to improving employment outcomes for people with disability and providing greater economic security to help them exercise greater choice and control in their lives (evidence of the impact).
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enabling people with disability to live a dignified life where their disability is not a barrier to the realisation of their potential and to have more choice and control over their lifes direction; increasing independent living for people with disability through the development of assistive technologies or provide, greater access to aids and equipment; the development of, or contribution to, innovative and flexible support models for accommodation for people with disability; promoting community support networks, which provide information and support to people with disability, their families and carers; demonstrating new approaches to long term disability care and support; demonstrating flexible, person-centred and self-directed approaches in engaging with people with disability, their families and carers; and/or acknowledging and supporting the role of families and carers in contributing to better outcomes for people with disability (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to individuals and the community and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
providing inclusive high-quality educational programs for people with all abilities from early childhood through to adulthood ; reducing barriers and simplifying access for people with disability to high quality inclusive education from early learning, school and further education; providing access to timely and effective early intervention for young children with disability entering the education system; strengthening pathways for students with disability accessing higher education;
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developing innovative learning strategies for students with disability, which are accessible, reliable and responsive; establishing best practice for transition planning and support through all stages of learning and from education to employment; and/or reducing disparity in educational outcomes for people with disability and others (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to help individuals to reach their full learning potential and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
strengthening health care planning, training and the capacity of universal health care providers to ensure access to treatment for people with disability; health promotion programs that better target people with disability; demonstrating efforts focused on assisting people with disability to meet their individual potential for physical, social, emotional, and intellectual health; assisting in strengthening the linkages and interfaces between disability services, community services and universal health care professions; providing timely, comprehensive and effective prevention and early intervention health services for people with disability; addressing issues specific to people with disability as part of the national expansion of key public health strategies such as dental programs, nutrition and physical activity, mental health, drug and alcohol and sexual and reproductive health programs, so that they explicitly meet the needs of people with disability; and/or demonstrating innovative approaches to improving access to mainstream health services for people with disability (summary of the achievement).
2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a difference to improve health and well-being outcomes and life choices for individuals and describe successes so far (evidence of the impact).
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3 December
Nomination Form
Nominations close 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013
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NOMINEE DETAILS
Please ensure that you only fill in the relevant nominee details below, i.e. Individual OR Team OR Organisation. Please print clearly and ensure names are spelt correctly. Title
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Parent, Guardian, Carer, Friend, Social Acquaintance, Work Colleague, Employer, Client, Patient, Self, Other Please specify
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2012 National Disability Award recipients Front Row, L to R: Gerard O'Dwyer; Samantha Jenkinson; Dr Rhonda Galbally; Nari Jennings (The Captioning Studio); Second Row, L to R: Bert Ciavarra (Telstra); Georgina Livingstone (Family Planning QLD); Former Parliamentary Secretary Jan McLucas; Mary D'Elia; Bianca Truman (Safe Futures); Geoffrey Warren Third Row, L to R: Jan Ashford (Communication Rights Australia); Elizabeth Re (The Project); Sam Clark (The Project); Janine Mahoney (Safe Futures); Michael Small; Zoe Boyd (Australian Communication Exchange); Brian O'Shea (Telstra); Michael Marrett (Telstra)
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Supported by the Australian Government This booklet was designed and printed by Inprint Design, an Australian Disability Enterprise.
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