Accessible

When the community is accessible, it is easy to:

• find and use services
• understand and use information
• move around.

Advocate

Advocates speak up for people with disability.

Attitudes

Attitudes are what people think, feel and believe.

Australia’s Disability Strategy (the Strategy)

The Strategy is a plan to support people with disability in all areas of their life.

Barrier

A barrier is something that stops you from doing something you:

• need to do
• want to do.

Data

Data includes facts, information and records.

Employment

Employment means you:

• have a job
• go to work
• get paid.

Grant

A grant is money from the government for important work that helps others.

Independent

When you are independent, you can do things for yourself.

This includes making your own decisions.

Provider

Providers deliver services to people with disability.

Rehabilitation

Employment rehabilitation helps people return to work:

• after an injury
• if a disability affected how they work.

Respite

When someone takes a break from caring for someone with disability, it is called respite.

Standards

Standards are rules about how to do things well.

You can:

• meet standards
• go above standards.

UN Convention

The UN Convention is an agreement between different countries.

It explains how people with disability should be treated fairly and equally.